Cancel. Storytelling in Northern Zambia

Today's free book is Storytelling in Northern Zambia: Theory, Method, Practice and Other Necessary Fictions by Robert Cancel (2013). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.

The book is available at Open Book Publishers!



Table of Contents

I. Writing Oral Narrative: The Role and Description of Self in
II. The Tabwa Context: Mature Shifting of Frames and Adolescent Assertion
III. Chiefs, Tricksters and Christians: Bemba Tales and Lessons
IV. Bisa Storytelling: The Politics of Hunting, Beer-Drinks, and Elvis
V. Telling Tales While Keeping Secrets: Two Lunda Storytelling Sessions
VI. Stories on Demand: A Performance Session Among the Bwile
VII. Conclusion: Lessons from Frozen Moments

The book also features these videos:
Tabwa Storytelling 1-4
Bemba Storytelling 1-9
Bisa Storytelling 1-7
Lunda Storytelling 1-13
Bwile Storytelling 1-6