Jamaican Folk Tales and Oral Histories

Tanna, Laura

ISBN 10: 9768017015 ISBN 13: 9789768017017

Publisher: World Music Press, 1988

Synopsis

Rare book

About this title

About the Author

Laura Tanna, a writer who holds a doctorate in African Languages and Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was born in the United States, has lived in England, France, Uganda and Jamaica, and is married to Dhiru Tanna. She has been active in researching and documenting Jamaican oral traditions since 1973 and has served on the Central Committee of The Jamaica Memory Bank, the Council of the Institute of Jamaica and the Board of the African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica. She writes frequently on art and culture for The Gleaner, Jamaica Journal and Skywritings and is the author of the book, Baugh: Jamaica's Master Potter and producer of the audiocassettes, Jamaican Folk Tales and Oral Histories and Maroon Storyteller.

Review

For lovers of Anansi the spider and the other folktale characters, this book holds many pleasures.... -- Prof. Frederick Cassidy, 1984

Laura Tanna brings to her study of Jamaica Folktales the gift of a keen eye and painstaking research.... -- Prof. Rex Nettleford, 1984

Edition details

• Publisher: World Music Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 9768017015
• ISBN 13: 9789768017017
• Binding: Textbook Binding
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 143