Tales
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The Jackal and the Warthog
Ajafa'a from Talatayt · 2010 · 81 lines
A warthog entrusts his nine children to a jackal to teach them the Quran. But the jackal devours them one by one, leaving only one survivor. He then tricks the warthog by pretending the elephant is sick and needs warthog fat to heal. The jackal manipulates the animals to kill the warthog, but finally reveals his deceit.
Tales, songs, poems and proverbs in the works
Stories, songs, poems, proverbs and riddles quoted in the library’s works.
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… ndant des siècles. Les griots, gardiens de la mémoire collective, ont joué un rôle crucial dans cette transmission. Maîtres de l'art oratoire, ils récitent des poèmes épiques, des généalogies et des contes qui constituent la littérature orale Idaksahak. Les récits traditionnels Idaksahak se divisent en plusieurs catégories : les mythes fondateurs qui expliquent l'origine du monde et du peuple, les légendes historiques qui relatent les hauts faits des ancêtres, les contes mora …
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Appendix I 291 Appendix I Text 1: A folk tale The following story was told by Aʃafaʕa from Talatayt in the speech variety of that region. The tape was transcribed with the help of Mahamad ag Almaki from Infukaraytan. The main character of the story is ‘Jackal’. He is one of the most clever animals in the folk tales of the Idaksahak. Note that the story teller is using two different terms for ‘jackal’. In the beginning it is intáynawt. This term is normally used to designate t …
Christiansen-Bolli (2010), A Grammar of Tadaksahak, a Northern Songhay Language of Mali, p. 308
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… ses, and every departure takes the elders a little further from their places of memory and their graves. And the author recalls that Tuareg women hand down the songs, poems and stories of their community (Ag Nadroun 2024, chapter “Les femmes touarègues du Mali”): an inquiry that questioned only men would leave part of the memory aside. The picture is clear: the bond with the Kel Talatayt structures the entire pre-colonial period; from the conquest onwards, each fraction makes …
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… he graves must be recorded. Six questions are added. Is the name Imessufen (or Massūfa) known, and with which neighbours is it associated? Are there alliances, stories or kinship ties with the Ayttawari, speakers of Tetserret, or with the people of In Gall? What ties link the fraction to the Dabbakar, whom Shaykh Baye already associated with the Dawsahaq: marriages, neighbourhood, teaching, or shared choices in the face of war? Is there any memory of inheritance or affiliatio …
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… et chaque départ éloigne un peu plus les anciens de leurs lieux de mémoire et de leurs tombes. Et l’auteur rappelle que les femmes touarègues transmettent les chants, les poèmes et les récits de leur communauté (Ag Nadroun 2024, chapitre « Les femmes touarègues du Mali ») : une enquête qui n’interrogerait que les hommes laisserait de côté une part de la mémoire. On le voit : le lien aux Kel Talatayt structure toute la période précoloniale ; à partir de la conquête, chaque fr …
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… e ou d’un rattachement par l’oncle maternel ? Les anciens se souviennent-ils de la pétition de 1957-1958, et des fractions idaksahak l’ont-elles signée ? Quels chants, poèmes et récits les femmes de la fraction conservent-elles, et qui les leur a transmis ? Chaque témoignage sera consigné sur la fiche commune, qui sépare rigoureusement la parole du témoin de l’interprétation du chercheur, et recueilli avec son consentement. Les familles que la sécheresse de 1984 et les guerre …