Defiant maids and stubborn farmers: tradition and invention in mende story performance
Auteur :
Cosentino, Donald J.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521105040
Date de publication :
19 mars 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
510 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The domei is a popular narrative art form among the Mende people of Sierra Leone. Although it is a traditional form, the narratives are not remembered or retold, but on each occasion the performers recreate out of a common stock of characters and plots domeisia, which are singular and sometimes brilliant expressions of a singular, and often brilliant, culture.