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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | The Two Fathers of Seven Children and the Kano Man: An Analysis of a Pa'a Oral Narrative |
Author: | Skinner, Margaret G. |
Year: | 1974 |
Periodical: | Africana Marburgensia |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 1 |
Pages: | 51-74 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Northern Nigeria |
Subjects: | Pa'a language folk tales (form) Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Education and Oral Traditions |
Abstract: | The Pa'a language is a member of the North Bauchi Chadic group spoken by some 20,000 Nigerians in about eight villages to the south, east and west of Ningi, North East State. Called Facuka by the speakers of the language and Pa'anci by the Hausa, it is generally classified as a Plateau-Sahel language within the Chadic family, although it has phonological features notably lateral fricatives, once thought to be characteristic of Biu-Mandara Chadic languages. The oral narrative which forms the basis of the present analysis of Pa'anci was recorded in 1974 in Ningi. The performer was a Pa'a woman from the nearby village of Tiffi, names Gwazangi. Gwazangi's story struck a familiar Pa'a theme. The original text is followed by a free translation in English. Notes. tables. |