The Oral Art of Soqoṭra : A Collection of Island Voices

Contenu

Titre

The Oral Art of Soqoṭra : A Collection of Island Voices

Auteur

Morris, Miranda

Date

2021

Dans

The Near and Middle East

Résumé

In the bilingual English-Arabic work, The Oral Art of Soqoṭra: A Collection of Island Voices, Miranda Morris and Ṭānuf Sālim Di-Kišin, in collaboration with Soqoṭrans from all parts of the island, present over a thousand examples of poems and songs, prayers, lullabies, work-chants, messages in code, riddles, examples of community wisdom encapsulated in poetic couplets, and stories centred on a short poem or exchange of poems. These were documented by oral transmission directly to the authors, or through recordings collected by them. They are presented in Soqoṭri (transcribed phonetically in Roman and in Arabic script), and in English and Arabic translation.

Editeur

Brill

Place

Leiden

Sujet

Zanzibar

Langue

eng

Numéro

151

ISBN

978-90-04-44672-4