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Storytelling in Northern Zambia: Theory, Method, Practice and Other Necessary Fictions To access digital resources including: blog posts videos online appendices and to purchase copies of this book in: hardback paperback ebook editions Go to: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/137 Open Book Publishers is a non-profit independent initiative. We rely on sales and donations to continue publishing high-quality academic works. Man playing the banjo, Kaputa (northern Zambia), 1976. Photo by Robert Cancel World Oral Literature Series: Volume 3 Storytelling in Northern Zambia: Theory, Method, Practice and Other Necessary Fictions Robert Cancel http://www.openbookpublishers.com © 2013 Robert Cancel. Foreword © 2013 Mark Turin. This book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (CC-BY 3.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work; to adapt the work and to make commercial use of the work providing attribution is made the respective authors (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Further details available at http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Attribution should include the following information: Cancel, Robert. Storytelling in Northern Zambia: Theory, Method, Practice and Other Necessary Fictions. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2013. This is the third volume in the World Oral Literature Series, published in association with the World Oral Literature Project. World Oral Literature Series: ISSN: 2050-7933 Digital material and resources associated with this volume are hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http://www.oralliterature.org/collections/rcancel001.html) and Open Book Publishers (http://www.openbookpublishers.com/isbn/9781909254596). ISBN Hardback: 978-1-909254-60-2 ISBN Paperback: 978-1-909254-59-6 ISBN Digital (PDF): 978-1-909254-61-9 ISBN Digital ebook (epub): 978-1-909254-62-6 ISBN Digital ebook (mobi): 978-1-909254-63-3 DOI: 10.11647/OBP.0033 Cover image: Mr. Chishele Chuulu explains the meaning of some royal implements at the court of Tabwa Chief Kaputa (1983). Photo by Robert Cancel. All paper used by Open Book Publishers is SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative), and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes) Certified. Printed in the United Kingdom and United States by Lightning Source for Open Book Publishers (Cambridge, UK). For Margaret and Avelino Cancel, Helen and Jack Finnigan, Paul Nsama, Anna Chilombo, Viv Shone, Stanley Kalumba, Booker Kapapula, Paul Chisakula, William Musonda and Rabbon Chola Ancestors all. Contents A udio-Visual Resources ix Acknowledgements xiii Foreword xvii Mark Turin I. Writing Oral Narrative: The Role and Description of Self in Recording Living Traditions 1 II. The Tabwa Context: Mature Shifting of Frames and Adolescent Assertion 31 III. Chiefs, Tricksters and Christians: Bemba Tales and Lessons 75 IV. Bisa Storytelling: The Politics of Hunting, Beer-Drinks, and Elvis 123 V. Telling Tales While Keeping Secrets: Two Lunda Storytelling Sessions 165 VI. Stories on Demand: A Performance Session Among the Bwile 211 VII. Conclusion: Lessons from Frozen Moments 247 Works cited 261 Index 271 Audio-Visual Resources This book draws upon the digital archive of videos and audio recordings collected by Robert Cancel during his research trips to Zambia during 1988- 1989 and 2005. Recordings of thirty-nine of the oral narratives transcribed in this book are freely available on-line. In order to access these recordings you can follow the links given below and at the bottom of the relevant pages. Alternatively, you can scan the QR code which appears alongside each story. If you are reading this book in a digital format you may need to enlarge the QR code in order to scan it. Tabwa Storytelling 1 (120 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.02/Tabwa1 45 Tabwa Storytelling 2 (162 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.02/Tabwa2 47 Tabwa Storytelling 3 (184 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.02/Tabwa3 61 Tabwa Storytelling 4 (39.4 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.02/Tabwa4 67 Bemba Storytelling 1 (48.9 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.03/Bemba1 77 Bemba Storytelling 2 (71.7 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.03/Bemba2 80 Bemba Storytelling 3 (52.6 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.03/Bemba3 84 Bemba Storytelling 4 (61.8 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.03/Bemba4 88 x Storytelling in Northern Zambia Bemba Storytelling 5 (42.6 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.03/Bemba5 93 Bemba Storytelling 6 (91.2 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.03/Bemba6 96 Bemba Storytelling 7 (133 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.03/Bemba7 102 Bemba Storytelling 8 (108 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.03/Bemba8 111 Bemba Storytelling 9 (153 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.03/Bemba9 114 Bisa Storytelling 1 (162 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.04/Bisa1 130 Bisa Storytelling 2 (68.4 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.04/Bisa2 136 Bisa Storytelling 3 (49.9 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.04/Bisa3 140 Bisa Storytelling 4 (84.6 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.04/Bisa4 144 Bisa Storytelling 5 (148 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.04/Bisa5 147 Bisa Storytelling 6 (86.4 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.04/Bisa6 152 Bisa Storytelling 7 (27.9 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.04/Bisa7 156 Lunda Storytelling 1 and 2 (110 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.05/Lunda1 168 Lunda Storytelling 3 (121 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.05/Lunda3 171 Lunda Storytelling 4 (30 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.05/Lunda4 174 Lunda Storytelling 5 (87.6 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.05/Lunda5 176 Lunda Storytelling 6 (65.9 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.05/Lunda6 178 Audio-Visual Resources xi Lunda Storytelling 7 (252 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.05/Lunda7 182 Lunda Storytelling 8 (37 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.05/Lunda8 192 Lunda Storytelling 9 (43.5 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.05/Lunda9 194 Lunda Storytelling 10 (26.5 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.05/Lunda10 196 Lunda Storytelling 11 (146 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.05/Lunda11 198 Lunda Storytelling 12 (33.8 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.05/Lunda12 201 Lunda Storytelling 13 (119 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.05/Lunda13 202 Bwile Storytelling 1 (100 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.06/Bwile1 214 Bwile Storytelling 2 (37 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.06/Bwile2 217 Bwile Storytelling 3 (205 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.06/Bwile3 218 Bwile Storytelling 4 (121 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.06/Bwile4 224 Bwile Storytelling 5 (125 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.06/Bwile5 228 Bwile Storytelling 6 (143 MB) http://dx.doi.org/10.11647/OBP.0033.06/Bwile6 233 For additional resources, and for information on downloading a QR code scanner, visit our web-site: http://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/137 Acknowledgements This has been a project of such long duration that it is difficult to properly recall and identify all the people who have in some way contributed to its realization. Obviously, most heartfelt gratitude goes to the many performers who gave their time and considerable talents to the narratives discussed in this book. Many of them have since died and I can only hope that they are represented here in ways that both accurately reflect their performances and honor their memory. People who have provided aid and comfort in Zambia are, again, too numerous to realistically list here. Among the Tabwa people, Chiefs Mukupa Katandula, Nsama and Kaputa all graciously supported my efforts and granted me access to their respective territories. Local friends and contacts included Paul Nsama, Rabbon Chola, Jameson Mpundu, and William Musonda. Work among the Bemba was greatly facilitated by Paramount Chief Chitimukulu Mutale Chitapankwa, Stephen Komakoma and Father Michel Genelot. At Ilondola in 2005, a small group of Catholic priests and brothers of the Missionaries of Africa (formerly the White Fathers) provided a great deal of assistance to me during my stay at the Bemba language center, as did my tutor Evans Bwalya. Collection and the ongoing analysis of material from the Bisa in Nabwalya was made possible by Stuart Marks and Kangwa Samson. My work in the village of Puta among the Bwile was facilitated directly by Chief Puta Kasoma and, many years later, by the current Chief Puta and his two councilors, T.D. Koti and Ferry Chansa. In the Lunda region, two, then, graduate students, Anthony Kafimbwa and Samuel Ng’andwe provided valuable introductions to local verbal artists, while in 2005 Job Kachingwe aided in providing background on the performers and interpreting themes of the narratives collected in 1989. Zambian friends and colleagues at the University of Zambia have provided logistical, intellectual and moral support for this project. xiv Storytelling in Northern Zambia Old friends Professor Mwelwa Musambachime, his wife Phoebe, Dr. Moses Musonda and Dr. Mwesa Mapoma were invaluable in sharing their knowledge of the Bemba-speaking societies covered in this work. Colleagues and some students in the Department of Literature and Languages at UNZA provided a sounding board for my ideas and were also supportive of my teaching efforts during the 1988–89 academic year.
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