Oral literature and moral education among the lakeside Tonga of Northern Malawi : a study of Tonga culture in Northern Malawi / David Kapenyela Mphande.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mphande, David Kapenyela, author.

Series:

Mzuni books ; Number 13.

Mzuni Books ; Number 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tonga (Zambezi people)--Malawi--Folklore.

Tonga (Zambezi people).

Tonga (Zambezi people)--Education--Malawi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 p.)

Place of Publication:

Mzuzu, [Malawi] : Mzuni Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a book about the Tonga of Northern Malawi, sometimes called the Lakeshore Tonga to distinguish them from other ethnic groups with the same name further west in Central Africa. The Lakeshore Tonga were the first ethnic group to identify themselves with the Christian faith. The purpose of the research was to investigate the use of Tonga myths, folktales, proverbs and rituals for their role in Moral Education and assess and evaluate their contribution towards value formation for the youth. Each chapter in the book aims to discuss some ideas in the anthropology of religion and to illustrate them with specific case studies formed primarily through conversation with friends, both young and old, over some years.

Contents:

Foreword

Oral traditional literature : a survey

The Tonga people and their culture

Forms and nature of Tonga oral literature

Tonga rituals and their influence on moral education

Influence of Christianty and Islam on Tonga culture

Anthology of Tonga myths and folktales

An anthology of Tonga proverbs

Conclusion

Recommendations for application .

Additional Tonga proverbs for study and reflection.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 28, 2015).

ISBN:

99908-0-404-4

OCLC:

900346016