African Storytelling and Images in Teaching : Youth and Crisis Management through Folktales and Visuals from Kenya and Ethiopia / Gerti Wouters, Inge Brinkman, James Wachira, Teshome Mossissa, Peter Wasamba.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wouters, Gerti.

Contributor:

Brinkman, Inge, editor.

Wachira, James, editor.

Mossissa, Teshome, editor.

Wasamba, Peter, editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (124 p.)

Place of Publication:

LaVergne : De Gruyter, 2026.

Berlin Boston De Gruyter, [2026]

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Inge Brinkman , Ghent University; James Wachira & Peter Wasamba , University of Nairobi; Teshome Egere Mossissa , Jimma University.

Summary:

As a team of upcoming and established scholars from Kenya, Ethiopia and Belgium, we propose this book with oral folktales accompanied by strong visuals. Through performative learning procedures the book invites young people to meaningfully engage with living traditions of oral storytelling. The book aims to: 1) (re-)value the educational potential of popular storytelling in dealing with crisis situations; 2) (re)connect adolescent audiences with oral literatures; As the interest in oral literatures is on the decline, especially among adolescents in Africa and elsewhere, we see a real need in offering folktales that are attractive and relevant to youthful audiences. The book features 11 oral narratives in 5 languages from Kenya and Ethiopia, accompanied by high-quality images that will speak to young people. Each chapter starts with a full transcription of the story in the original language, followed by a well-written and attractive translation to English. The visual section highlights the narrative's features in different manners, after which metadata on the narrative are offered, explaining the performance context, background of the narrator and audience. The final section of each chapter consists of a profound analysis with full educational guidelines for teachers/trainers to engage discussion with (African) youth.

Contents:

Frontmatter

5Table of Contents

6About the Authors

8Introduction / Inge Brinkman

18The Son of a Poor Mother / Edae-Tufa Milkessa, Teshome Egere Mossissa

38The Poor Old Man / Peter Wasamba, Beatrice Grace Munala

47A Dehumanising Famine / Mark Obure-Morang'a, Maud Devos, Inge Brinkman

57Mbilimbili Nyanja the Ogre / Kimingichi Wabende

65A Girl Deceiving Ogres / James Wachira

74Two Abandoned Girls and an Ogre / Megersa Regassa

82The Beautiful Girl Wacici / Inge Brinkman

92The Despised Brother / Milkessa Edae-Tufa

100Boys and Education / Fedila Abazinab

105Four Animals / Tsehay Dinsa

111The Farmer and the Animals / Terefe Mitiku

119Tips for Educational Practitioners / Inge Brinkman

Notes:

Title from eBook information screen..

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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ISBN:

3-11-223501-0