Congo tales: told by the people of Mbomo = Racontés par les gens de Mbomo

Uittreksel

"The Congo Basin in Central Africa harbors approximately one quarter of the world's rainforests. Second in size only to that of the Amazon, the heart of this rainforest is populated by communities whose lives are vastly different from much of the rest of the world. This stunning photo series is part of the Tales of Us project, which sets out to demonstrate that the powerful but fragile ecosystems and the mythologies of the peoples who call them home are inextricably linked. In this book, local Congolese living in the Mbomo District staged and enacted the oral history of the Congo for fine art photographer Pieter Henket under the canopy of the ancient rainforest from which these stories sprang." --Page 4 of cover.

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Preface / Sabine Plattner -- Storytelling as a bridge between worlds / Stefanie Plattner, Eva Vonk -- Capturing tales / Pieter Henket -- The astounding diversity of the Odzala landscape / Paul T. Telfer -- Nature as mother of the arts: the human world and its dual environment of nature and culture / Auguste Miabeto -- Crossroads: forest, river, and rainbow -- The two brothers -- The poisoned antelope -- The court of the lion: Nkwe Mbali -- Mbumba, the rainbow python -- Stories of trees and tree of stories -- The birds and th forging stone -- Words are like a rope that can be tied or untied: the story of Nanga Bangu -- The two Knééngé sisters -- The common eye -- The sacred talking drum and the spider -- The wisdom of forest peoples, the indigenous civilization -- The fire of knowledge -- The pregnant women and the drought -- The woman who traded her baby for honey -- The woman in the moon -- The night husband -- Animals, totems, and symbols -- The story of the little fish and the crocodile -- The single mother and the stolen baby -- The mystical breakdown -- The mole and the sun -- The murder of the elders -- The hunt.