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| Reviewer: Professor Robert Cancel | ||
| Matengo Folktales_ is an excellent, inexpensive, and reliable collection of tales told in an oral context. I have ordered it myself for a course in African oral literature. Casual and serious readers will benefit from what the book has to offer. Mbele's approachable and concise style of commentary is informative and convincing. This deceptively modest work is an admirable contribution to the literature on African oral narrative traditions."" (Professor Robert Cancel, _The Literary Griot_). | ||
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| Reviewer: Professor Cynthia Ward | ||
| The tales themselves are entertaining....Mbele's commentaries, many of which are longer than the tales they discuss, analyze literary devices such as conflict, characterization, and theme to produce close readings that would please any literature teacher."" (Professor Cynthia Ward, _Marvels and Tales_). | ||
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| Reviewer: Professors N. Kagendo Mutua and Beth Swadener | ||
| We were pleased to read _Matengo Folktales_....In summary, we feel that _Matengo Folktales_ is a useful reading in teacher education courses, as well as in K-12 classrooms. It can also be used as an introduction to oral storytelling in African, s well as other, cultural contexts."" (Professors N. Kagendo Mutua and Beth Swadener, _Multicultural Perspectives_). | ||
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