TY  - BOOK
AU  - Welborne,Eric Scott
TI  - Tales of Thies: performance and morality in oral tradition among the Wolof of Senegal 
AV  - BV4070 .T354 1999
PY  - 1999///
KW  - Columbia International University
KW  - Columbia Biblical Seminary and Graduate School of Missions
KW  - Dissertations
KW  - Oral tradition
KW  - Senegal
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Fables, Wolof
KW  - Wolof (African people)
N1  - Typescript; "February 9, 1999."; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Performance of Oral Tradition in Wolof Society; Chapter 3. Recurrent Themes in Wolof oral tradition; Chapter 4. Implications for the Church; Bibliography: leaves 135-140; Statement of the Problem --; Importance of the Thesis --; Review of the Literature --; Methodology; The setting --; The role of storytellers (leebkats and griots) --; Keeping the traditions --; Expectations from the audience --; Requirements of a good performance --; The role of audience --; Get involved --; Expectations from the teller --; The interplay --; Introduction/conclusion --; Question and response --; Opportunities for teaching morality --; Singing; Evidence of morality within Wolof tales --; Trickter and animal tales --; Hare, the symbol of function Wolof society --; There are lessons to learn beyond the trickery of hare --; Hare is obedient to societal codes --; Hare does not tolerate shame --; Hyena, the symbol of the antagonist of function Wolof society --; Hyena is controlled by excess and greed --; Hyena places a greater importance on self than societal codes --; Hyena accepts shame; Part One: The Barriers --; The social barrier (form) --; Conceptual barrier (content) --; Part Two: The Solutions --; Which themes should be used --; What stories from Scripture should be used? --; Why try the storying aproach to the Gospel? --; Who tells stories? --; How will the church use stories? --; Conclusion; 2
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