UNCG - MLS610C Global Arts Unit 2 - Africa

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UNCG- MLS 610C Global Arts Unit 2 Texts - Part 1

Comments under this blog entry are my discussion about texts for Unit 2.
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Part 1 of 3

Shreeve, J. "The Greatest Journey." National Geographic,

March 2006, 61-69.

---. "Reading Secrets of the Blood." National Geographic,

March 2006, 70-73.

“Kintu and the Daughter of the Sky.” In A World Treasury of Myths,

Legends,and Folktales: Stories from Six Continents,

edited by Lia Ronnen, 68-71. New York: Abrams, 1999.

“How People Came to Be.” In A World Treasury of Myths, Legends, and

Folktales: Stories from Six Continents, edited by Lia Ronnen, 72-73.

New York: Abrams, 1999.

“The Divine Mantis, the Ostrich, and the Fire.” In A World Treasury of

Myths, Legends, and Folktales: Stories from Six Continents,

edited by Lia Ronnen, 74-75. New York: Abrams, 1999.

“Tulugaukuk, the Father Crow.” In A World Treasury of Myths, Legends,

and Folktales: Stories from Six Continents, edited by Lia Ronnen,

76-77. New York: Abrams, 1999.

UNCG - MLS 610C Global Arts Unit 2 Texts - Part 2

Comments under this blog entry are my discussion about texts for Unit 2.
(Chicago citation format for bibliographies)


Part 2 of 3

Radin, Paul, ed. “Introduction.” In African Folktales, 1-19. New York:

Pantheon, 1952.

“The Young Man Who Was Carried Off by a Lion.” In African Folktales,

edited by Paul Radin, 161-164. New York: Pantheon, 1952.

“How a Hunter Obtained Money from His Friends the Leopard, the Goat, the

Bush Cat, and the Cock, and How He Got Out of Repaying Them.”

In African Folktales, edited by Paul Radin, 165-167. New York:

Pantheon, 1952.

“The Little Wise Woman.” In African Folktales, edited by Paul

Radin, 168-170. New York: Pantheon, 1952.

“Zimwa-mbanje the Hemp Smoker.” In African Folktales, edited by Paul

Radin, 171-173. New York: Pantheon, 1952.

“Konyek and His Father.” In African Folktales, edited by Paul

Radin, 174-176. New York: Pantheon, 1952.

“The Lost Sister.” In African Folktales, edited by Paul Radin, 177-178. New

York: Pantheon, 1952.

“The Woman and the Children of the Sycamore Tree.” In African Folktales,

edited by Paul Radin, 179-180. New York: Pantheon, 1952.

“The Girl Who Stayed in the Fork of a Tree.” In African Folktales, edited by

Paul Radin, 181-185. New York: Pantheon, 1952.

“How an Unborn Child Avenged Its Mother’s Death.” In African Folktales,

edited by Paul Radin, 186-189. New York: Pantheon, 1952.

UNCG - MLS 610C Global Arts Unit 2 Texts - Part 3

Comments under this blog entry are my discussion about texts for Unit 2.
(Chicago citation format for bibliographies)

Part 3 of 3


Nichols, Robert W. "African Dance: Transition and Continuity."

In African Dance, edited by Kariamu Welsh-Asante, 41-62.

Trenton: Africa World Press, 2002.

Snipe, Tracy D. "African Dance: Bridges to Humanity." In African Dance,

edited by Kariamu Welsh-Asante, 63-77. Trenton: Africa World

Press, 2002.


Paludan, Marsha. Interview with Guest Speaker, Robin Gee, ASP file,

http://web.uncg.edu/dcl/courses/globalArts/u2/interview_robon.asp/

(accessed August, 2006).


Hotel Rwanda, DVD. Directed by Terry George. Hollywood, CA:

United Artists, 2005.

Excerpts from:

Brook, Peter. The Shifting Point: Forty Years of Theatrical Exploration,

1946-1987.

London:Methuen Publishing, 1989.

---. Threads of Time: Recollections. New York: Counterpoint Press, 1999.