Zimbabwe · Folktales and oral traditions
Documented transfer
Related telling or shared motif
Dashed lines show parallels. Direction is shown where a source documents the transfer.
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Zimbabwe
- Tales
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- Dated records
- 1
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 1
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For Tonga communities in northwestern Zimbabwe, accounts of Nyaminyami form part of their relationship with the Zambezi. Fieldwork around Kariba also records how that relationship was remembered after the dam was built.
Tales in the Atlas
Nyaminyami and the Kariba Gorge
2008–2009 · One Dam, Two Different Relocation Processes · pp. 86–87, interviews in Binga
Tales found across countries
| Tales | Countries and regions |
|---|---|
| Nyaminyami and the Kariba Gorge | Zambia Zimbabwe |