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100 1 _aEquilbecq, François-Victor,
_d1872-1917
245 1 0 _aEssai sur la littérature merveilleuse des noirs, suivi de Contes indigènes de l'Ouest africain français - Tome premier
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2005-03-24
508 _aProduced by Suzanne Shell, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica)
520 _a"Essai sur la littérature merveilleuse des noirs, suivi de Contes indigènes" by F.V. Equilbecq is an ethnographic study combined with a collection of indigenous tales, written in the early 20th century. The work focuses primarily on the oral folklore of West Africa, exploring the themes, narratives, and cultural significance of the stories told by local populations. It serves as both an academic examination of this folklore and a repository of various tales that reflect the moral, social, and spiritual life of the African communities. At the start of this work, the author discusses the importance of studying indigenous folklore to understand the psychology of the people. He emphasizes the necessity of preserving these tales before they are lost, particularly as many of them exhibit pre-Islamic characteristics. The opening introduces the context in which these tales were collected, highlighting the diverse sources and the author's firsthand experiences with various storytellers across West Africa. The significance of these narratives is reinforced, as they provide insights into the values, beliefs, and imaginations of the indigenous populations, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of the folklore in the subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aTales -- Africa, French-speaking West
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15458
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