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WOSAS/CD282/track2 R984.wav |
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Him on the Path
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| a Trickster Hare story; Kalulu Hare story | |
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| Sound recording, story and riddle; an historical tale, a riddle and Him on the Path, an African folk tale and trickster tale involving the trickster Hare Kalulu, told by Sally Pomme Clayton as part of a performance, A River of Tales in relation to an exhibition about David Livingstone, in The National Portrait Gallery, London, 12th April 1996. | |
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| Story told by Sally Pomme Clayton. Continuation of a frame story referring to slavery in Africa; David Livingstone's reponse to slavery; his plans to make a river a transport route and his journey up that river to map it, including a riddle about a river, followed by a traditional tale. A story about a women who takes her child to see its grandparents, and ignores her husband's advice to go around the mountain, rather than over it, to avoid the lions. Her husband follows and finds his wife about to be eaten by a lion and begins to play his thumb piano, making the lion dance. The man can't escape without stopping his playing, but Hare appears, takes the thumb piano and plays it himself. This allows man and wife to escape, and Hare escapes by disappearing back down his hole. | |
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| audience:- | child; family |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 7 minutes, 41 seconds |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller: Sally Pomme Clayton female / British |
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| origin:- |
missionary: David Livingstone
Africa |
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London, England: The National Portrait Gallery
12 Apr 1996 museum event; public performance: A River of Tales |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Sally Pomme Clayton |
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