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Rare collection of Folk lore from Cape Verde,
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This review is from: Folk-Lore from the Cape Verde Islands (American Folklore Society Memoirs Series) (Hardcover)
This book was originally issued as two volumes. This reprint
is bound in one volume, consisting of the original two. One is dedicated to English translations, the other is written in the local Criol language. The folk lore collection also includes riddles (divinhas), of which the solution of some are forgotten today. The tales were collected in the large population of Cape Verdean emigres around Boston in the early 20s.
The tales told are a mixture of Portuguese and African origin. They are a unique collection, and the transcripts into kriol (no standard exists to date)are well done - to the extent that an islander can tell from which island the storyteller originates!
For anyone interested in folk lore, in Cape Verde and in the way two different cultures melts into one - this book is highly recommended.
Olav Aalberg, Oslo - NORWAY
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