Bukusu stories : sixty Chingano from Western Kenya ; Bukusu texts and English translations / Jan J. de Wolf ; with the collaboration of K.F. de Blois.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolf, Jan de.

Contributor:

Blois, K. F. de.

Series:

Beiträge zur Afrikanistik ; Bd. 17.

Beiträge zur Afrikanistik ; Bd. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bukusu language--Texts.

Bukusu language.

Tales--Kenya.

Tales.

Bukusu (African people).

Kenya.

Bukusu (African people)--Folklore.

Genre:

Folklore.

Texts.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

175 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Münster : Lit, [2005]

Language Note:

English introduction, original Bukusu text and English translation.

Summary:

Story telling was still a vital art in western Kenya in the second half of the twentieth century, as several collections published in East Africa testify. However, most of these books contain only English language versions and have adopted literary conventions which are not characteristic of oral performances. In this volume sixty stories are presented in one of the local languages which follow closely the oral format, based on actual recordings, together with faithful translations in English. The stories were collected around 1970 and show a wide variety of themes and modes of delivery.

Contents:

Bukusu Texts 31

Stories of animals

1 Ekhaafu nende etalang'i [The cow and the lion] / Jackson Khisa 31

2 Ekhaafu nende etalang'i [The cow and the lion] / Michael Wafula 34

3 Wanakhamuuna nende wanakhisi [Mrs Squirrel and Mrs Antelope] / Michael Wafula 35

4 Namunyu nende wanakhamuuna [Mr Hyena and Mr Squirrel] / Jackson Khisa 36

5 Namunyu nende wanakhamuuna [Mr Hyena and Mr Squirrel] / Michael Wafula 37

6 Enduyu nende lububi [The hare and the spider] / Michael Wafula 38

7 Enduyu nende emuuna [The hare and the squirrel] / Michael Wafula 39

8 Wanakhamuuna nende wananjofu [Mr Squirrel and Mr Elephant] / Michael Wafula 39

9 Wanakhamuuna nende wananjofu [Mr Squirrel and Mr Elephant] / Musa Wasibanga 40

10 Wanakhamuuna nende wananjofu [Mr Squirrel and Mr Elephant] / Jackson Khisa 41

11 Wanakhamuuna, wananjofu nende wanasekese [Mr Squirrel, Mr Elephant and Mr Porcupine] / Michael Wafula 45

12 Lukano lwefubu, wananjofu nende wanakhamuuna [The story of the hippo, Mr Elephant and Mr Squirrel] / Michael Wafula 47

13 Ekhutu nende waasio [The tortoise and the eagle] / Michael Wafula 48

14 Embusi nende ekhisi [The goat and the antelope] / Musa Wasibanga 48

15 Emboko nende ekhaafu [The buffalo and the cow] / Musa Wasibanga 49

16 Engokho nende likhanga [The chicken and the guineafowl] / Musa Wasibanga 49

17 Nga nilwo engokho yecha khumenya mungo [How the chicken came to live in the home] / Michael Wafula 50

Stories of ogres

18 Lukano lwaSiuma [The story of Siuma] / Noa Kitanyi 51

19 Bakesia [Bridesmaids] / Musa Wasibanga 56

20 Simbi [Simbi] / Musa Wasibanga 57

21 Omwayi nende kamanani [The shepherd's boy and the monsters] / Jackson Khisa 57

22 Lukano lwomuloosi nende omwichukhulu [The story of an old woman and her grandchild] / Noa Kitanyi 61

23 Lukano lwekhatebe [The story of the small stool] / James Wanyama 63

24 Omundu ne chimbwa chewe [A man and his dogs] / Musa Wasibanga 67

25 Omundu, omukhasi, babaana ne kamanani [A man, a wife, children and monsters] / Michael Wafula 69

26 Bakhaana barano [Five girls] / Musa Wasibanga 70

27 Ngeye [Ngeye] / Musa Wasibanga 71

28 Omukhaana niye akhwalikha khukunani [A girl who got married to a monster] / Musa Wasibanga 72

29 Omuloosi nende omwana wewe [An old woman and her child] / Musa Wasibanga 73

30 Omukhasi nomwana [A woman with a child] / Michael Wafula 74

31 Omwana nende raraawe [A child and his father] / Michael Wafula 75

32 Omukhasi nende linani [A woman and a monster] / Michael Wafula 76

33 Mundaalo ya wenani [In the days of the monsters] / Michael Wafula 77

Stories of humans and animals

34 Babaana ekhumi na munaane. Omukhasi ne engwe [Eighteen children. The woman and the leopard] / Michael Wafula 78

35 Omukhasi ne namunyu [A woman and Mr Hyena] / Michael Wafula 78

36 Khalinya [Khalinya] / Musa Wasibanga 79

37 Omusoleeli nende likongolio [A boy and a millipede] / Musa Wasibanga 80

38 Khwikaanila khumukhaana [To please a girl] / Michael Wafula 80

39 Lukano lwaWangora [The story of Wang'ora] / Musa Wasibanga 81

40 Maawe nende omwana [A mother and her son] / Noa Kitanyi 82

41 Chesunde [Chesunde] / Musa Wasibanga 87

42 Omwana nende ekhaafu [A child and a cow] / Michael Wafula 88

43 Omwana nende ekhisi [A child and an antelope] / Musa Wasibanga 88

44 Omukhasi, babaana nende endemu [A woman, children and a snake] / Michael Wafula 89

45 Omukhasi, engwe nende babaana [A woman, a leopard and children] / Michael Wafula 89

46 Omuloosi, omwichukhulu nende namunyu [An old woman, a grandchild and Mr Hyena] / Michael Wafula 90

47 Omubayi [A cattle breeder] / Michael Wafula 91

Stories of humans

48 Omukhaana nende rarawe [A girl and her father] / Musa Wasibanga 92

49 Omukhaana nende bawandaye [A girl and her brothers] / Musa Wasibanga 93

50 Omundu wekhola khufwa [The man who pretended to have died] / Michael Wafula 93

51 Omuseecha walikha bakhasi bataru [The husband who was married to three wives] / Michael Wafula 94

52 Omusaakhulu wasimbwa [The old man who was constipated] / Michael Wafula 95

53 Kaatamba wa maayi [Kaatamba, mother's child] / Michael Wafula 96

54 Lukano lwebakhaana babili [The story of two girls] / Noa Kitanyi 97

55 Omukhasi nende Malaba kheluuchi [A woman and Malaba of the river] / Michael Wafula 100

56 Khukhwicha khwebasungu musibala sieBabukusu [The coming of the white men in the country of the Bukusu] / Musa Wasibanga 101

57 Lukendo lweBabukusu [Migrations of the Bukusu] / Musa Wasibanga 101

58 Babaami babili [Two chiefs] / Musa Wasibanga 102

59 Khusulusia lihe [To encourage warfare] / Musa Wasibanga 103

60 Khunyoola omulosi [To find a witch] / Musa Wasibanga 103

English translations 105

1 The cow and the lion / Jackson Khisa 105

2 The cow and the lion / Michael Wafula 108

3 Mrs Squirrel and Mrs Antelope / Michael Wafula 108

4 Mr Hyena and Mr Squirrel / Jackson Khisa 109

5 Mr Hyena and Mr Squirrel / Michael Wafula 110

6 The hare and the spider / Michael Wafula 111

7 The hare and the squirrel / Michael Wafula 112

8 Mr Squirrel and Mr Elephant / Michael Wafula 113

9 Mr Squirrel and Mr Elephant / Musa Wasibanga 113

10 Mr Squirrel and Mr Elephant / Jackson Khisa 115

11 Mr Squirrel, Mr Elephant and Mr Porcupine / Michael Wafula 118

12 The story of the hippo, Mr Elephant and Mr Squirrel / Michael Wafula 120

13 The tortoise and the eagle / Michael Wafula 121

14 The goat and the antelope / Musa Wasibanga 121

15 The buffalo and the cow / Musa Wasibanga 122

16 The chicken and the guineafowl / Musa Wasibanga 122

17 How the chicken came to live in the home / Michael Wafula 123

18 The story of Siuma / Noa Kitanyi 124

19 Bridesmaids / Musa Wasibanga 130

20 Simbi / Musa Wasibanga 130

21 The shepherd's boy and the monsters / Jackson Khisa 131

22 The story of an old woman and her grandchild / Noa Kitanyi 134

23 The story of the small stool / James Wanyama 136

24 A man and his dogs / Musa Wasibanga 140

25 A man, a wife, children and monsters / Michael Wafula 142

26 Five girls / Musa Wasibanga 143

27 Ngeye / Musa Wasibanga 144

28 A girl who got married to a monster / Musa Wasibanga 145

29 An old woman and her child / Musa Wasibanga 146

30 A woman with a child / Michael Wafula 147

31 A child and his father / Michael Wafula 148

32 A woman and a monster / Michael Wafula 149

33 In the days of the monsters / Michael Wafula 150

34 Eighteen children.

The woman and the leopard / Michael Wafula 151

35 A woman and Mr Hyena / Michael Wafula 151

36 Khalinya / Musa Wasibanga 152

37 A boy and a millipede / Musa Wasibanga 153

38 To please a girl / Michael Wafula 153

39 The story of Wang'ora / Musa Wasibanga 154

40 A mother and her son / Noa Kitanyi 154

41 Chesunde / Musa Wasibanga 159

42 A child and a cow / Michael Wafula 160

43 A child and an antelope / Musa Wasibanga 160

44 A woman, children and a snake / Michael Wafula 161

45 A woman, a leopard and children / Michael Wafula 161

46 An old woman, a grandchild and Mr Hyena / Michael Wafula 162

47 A cattle breeder / Michael Wafula 163

48 A girl and her father / Musa Wasibanga 164

49 A girl and her bothers / Musa Wasibanga 165

50 The man who pretended to have died / Michael Wafula 165

51 The husband who was married to three wives / Michael Wafula 166

52 The old man who was contipated / Michael Wafula 167

53 Kaatamba, mother's child / Michael Wafula 168

54 The story of two girls / Noa Kitanyi 168

55 A woman and Malaba of the river / Michael Wafula 172

56 The coming of the white men in the country of the Bukusu / Musa Wasibanga 173

57 Migrations of the Bukusu / Musa Wasibanga 173

58 Two chiefs / Musa Wasibanga 174

59 To encourage warfare / Musa Wasibanga 175

60 To find a witch / Musa Wasibanga 175.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-30).

ISBN:

3825885038

OCLC:

60561669