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Draft:List of oral repositories

Oral repositories are individuals that have been trusted with mentally recording information constituting oral tradition within a society, serving a crucial role in oral cultures and illiterate societies.[1][2][3] Roles vary, however can involve genealogies, law, religious lore, literature and poetry (and history which is often entwined with the two), songs and music, and knowledge. They are often performers, some professional specialists such as the ashik, others knowledgeable 'men of memory' such as the bulaam. In many parts of the world they continue to serve as custodians of culture despite growing literacy rates.

Africa

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Term Type/s of information Society/ies Period
Abacurabwenge[4][5] Genealogy Rwandan
Abasizi[4][5] Poetry/panegyrics Rwandan
Abateekerezi[4][5] Royal memoirs Rwandan
Abiru[4][5] Code of kingship Rwandan
Amusnaw General, eg. asefru Kabyle[6]
Azmari Poetry and songs Amharic[7]
Bambudye/Mbudye General Luba To present
Bulaam[8]: 17  History, literature, and poetry Kuba To present
Debtera Religious lore Ethiopian and Eritrean[9][10]
Griot/Jèli/Jali/Guewel/
Kevel/Gawlo/Gesere		 General West African, including Mandinka, Bambara, Dyula, Soninke,
Fula, Hausa, Songhai, Toucouleur, Wolof, and Serer [11][12]		 To present
Imbongi Poetry Southern African, eg. Xhosa and Zulu To present
Mbomo mvet Songs and literature Fang To present
Mpikabary Public speaking Merina To present
Sarungano [13] Literature Shona To present

Asia

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Term Type/s of information Society/ies Period
Ashik/Ashugh Poetry and songs Azerbaijani,[14]: 225  Georgian, and Armenian[15][16]: 47 
Aqyn Poetry and songs Kazakh and Kyrgyz
Bagshy Literature Turkmen To present
Baxshi [uz] Poetry Uzbek To present
Bhanaka Religious texts Buddhist Until 1st century BCE[17]
Bhāts Genealogy, sometimes poetry and storytelling Indian[18]
Charan General, eg. Rajasthani and Gujarati literature Rajasthani, Gujurati, Baloch, and Sindhi[19][20]
Dengbêj Literature and songs Kurdish
Manaschi[21] Literature Kyrgyz To present
Meddah Literature Turkish[22]
Rāwī Poetry, literature, and religious texts Arabic Until 8th century CE
Sėsėn Literature Bashkir[23] To present
Zhyrau [24][25] Poetry, eg. Kazakh literature Turkic, eg. Kazakh To present

Europe

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Term Type/s of information Society/ies Period
Aoidos Poetry and songs Ancient Greek
Aois-dàna Genealogy Scottish Highlander Until 17th century
Bard General Scottish, Irish, and Welsh Until ?
Druid Religious lore Celtic Until ?
Dziady Songs Polish and Slavic[26]
Filí Poetry Irish and Scottish Until 15th century[27]
Kobzar Songs Ukrainian Until 20th century (revived)
Rhapsode Poetry Ancient Greek
Seanchai Literature and history Irish, Manx, and Scottish Highlander[28]
Scop Poetry English Until ?
Skald Poetry Scandinavian Until 16th century
Lirnyk Literature and songs Ukrainian Until 20th century

North America

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Term Type/s of information Society/ies Period
North American Indigenous elder General North American indigenous To present

South America

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Term Type/s of information Society/ies Period

Oceania

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Term Type/s of information Society/ies Period
Australian Aboriginal elder General Australian Aboriginal To present
Ha'atufunga[29][30] Royal funerals, traditional lore Tongan To present


References

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  2. ^ Thieme, John (2016), Head, Dominic (ed.), "After Empire: Postcolonial Short Fiction and the Oral Tradition", The Cambridge History of the English Short Story, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 377–394, ISBN 978-1-107-16742-1, retrieved 2024-08-19
  3. ^ "Process for Meaningful Consultation of Indigenous Peoples". caid.ca. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
  4. ^ a b c d Jessee, Erin; Watkins, Sarah E. (2014). "Good Kings, Bloody Tyrants, and Everything In Between: Representations of the Monarchy in Post-Genocide Rwanda". History in Africa. 41: 35–62. doi:10.1017/hia.2014.7. ISSN 0361-5413. JSTOR 26362083.
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  6. ^ Mammeri, Mouloud (1980). Poèmes kabyles anciens.
  7. ^ Kebede, Ashenafi (January 1975). "The "Azmari", Poet-Musician of Ethiopia". The Musical Quarterly. 61 (1): 47–57. doi:10.1093/mq/lxi.1.47.
  8. ^ Vansina, Jan (1994). Living with Africa. Univ of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 978-0-299-14324-4.
  9. ^ Glossary Archived 2018-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, Eritrean Print and Oral Culture, hosted on Canada Research Chair Humanities Computing Studio.
  10. ^ Isaac Greenfield, "The Debtera and the education among Ethiopian Jewry until the arrival of Dr. Faitlovitch" in Menachem Waldman (ed.), Studies in the History of Ethiopian Jews, Habermann Institute of Literary Research, 2011, pp. 109-135 (Hebrew)
  11. ^ Unesco. Regional Office for Education in Africa, Educafrica, Numéro 11, (ed. Unesco, Regional Office for Education in Africa, 1984), p. 110
  12. ^ Hale, Thomas Albert, Griots and Griottes: Masters of Words and Music, Indiana University Press (1998), p. 176, ISBN 9780253334589
  13. ^ Chinyowa, Kennedy C (2001). "The Sarungano and Shona Storytelling: an African Theatrical Paradigm". Studies in Theatre and Performance. 21 (1): 18–30. doi:10.1386/stap.21.1.18. ISSN 1468-2761.
  14. ^ Shidfar, Farhad (5 February 2019). "Azerbaijani Ashiq Saz in West and East Azerbaijan Provinces of Iran". In Özdemir, Ulas; Hamelink, Wendelmoet; Greve, Martin (eds.). Diversity and Contact Among Singer-Poet Traditions in Eastern Anatolia. Ergon Verlag. ISBN 978-3956504815.
  15. ^ Babayan, Kathryn; Pifer, Michael (7 May 2018). An Armenian Mediterranean: Words and Worlds in Motion. Springer. pp. 200–201. ISBN 978-3319728650.
  16. ^ Kardaş, Canser (5 February 2019). "The Legacy of Sounds in Turkey: Âşıks and Dengbêjs". In Özdemir, Ulas; Hamelink, Wendelmoet; Greve, Martin (eds.). Diversity and Contact Among Singer-Poet Traditions in Eastern Anatolia. Ergon Verlag. ISBN 978-3956504815.
  17. ^ Norman, Kenneth Roy (2012). A Philological Approach to Buddhism: The Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai Lectures 1994. Berkeley: The Institute of Buddhist Studies. pp. 41–56. ISBN 978-0-7286-0276-2.
  18. ^ Piliavsky 2020, p. 147, chapter 4: The Perils of Masterless People
  19. ^ Palriwala, Rajni (1993). "Economics and Patriliny: Consumption and Authority within the Household". Social Scientist. 21 (9/11): 47–73. doi:10.2307/3520426. ISSN 0970-0293. JSTOR 3520426.
  20. ^ Jain, Pratibha; Śarmā, Saṅgītā (2004). Honour, Status & Polity. Rawat Publications. ISBN 978-81-7033-859-8.
  21. ^ Plumtree, James (2021). "A CONTEMPORARY MANASCHI IN ORAL PERFORMANCE AND IN PRINT" (PDF). Филологические науки (ALATOO ACADEMIC STUDIES). 82 (1).
  22. ^ Halman, Talât Sait; Warner, Jayne L. (2008). İbrahim the Mad and Other Plays. Syracuse University Press. pp. xiii–xiv. ISBN 9780815608974.
  23. ^ "Сэсен" (in Russian). 2023.
  24. ^ Turgenbayeva, A. Sh; Zhanabayev, K.; Bozhbanbayev, B. M. (2016). "The role of spiritual leader, zhyrau, in harmonization of nomadic society of the 15th-18th centuries". Вестник КазНУ. Серия философии, культурологии и политологии. 57 (3): 197–200. ISSN 1563-0277.
  25. ^ Alpysbaeva, K. B. (2022). "THE PLACE OF ZHYRAU POETRY IN LITERATURE" (PDF). "Keruen" Scientific Journal. 74 (1).
  26. ^ P. Grochowski, Dziady. Rzecz o wędrownych żebrakach i ich pieśniach, Toruń 2009.
  27. ^ MacKillop, James (2004). Oxford Dictionary of Celtic Mythology. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860967-1.
  28. ^ McKendry, Eugene. "Study Ireland:An Introduction to Storytelling, Myths and Legends" (PDF). BBC Northern Ireland.
  29. ^ Clark, Geoffrey; Leclerc, Mathieu; Parton, Phillip; Reepmeyer, Christian; Grono, Elle; Burley, David (2020-03-01). "Royal funerals, ritual stones and participatory networks in the maritime Tongan state". Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. 57: 101115. doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2019.101115. ISSN 0278-4165.
  30. ^ Latukefu, Sione (1968). "Oral Traditions: An Appraisal of Their Value in Historical Research in Tonga". The Journal of Pacific History. 3: 135–143. doi:10.1080/00223346808572130. ISSN 0022-3344. JSTOR 25167942.

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