Kafa Zoneከፋ ዞን
Stories were collected in Bonga in the Kafa region in February 2001 with the assistance of Yacob Woldemariam Dimeno and Tiringo Sigatu of the Regional Educational Bureau. The work of translating the stories from Amharic into English was done by Mesfin Habtemariam.
One story in this small collection (Wisdom Rules) evokes the long history of Kafa and the peoples who co-existed under the rule of the kings. There is a notably strong vein of philosophy running through some of the narratives, as in Sorrow Ages Man and The Father's Will.
የከፋ ተረቶች የተሰበሰቡት በየካቲት 1993 ዓ.ም. ከፋ ውስጥ ከሚገኘው ከቦንጋ ሲሆን ይኸውም በክልሉ የትምህርት ቢሮ ባልደረባዎች በአቶ ያቆብ ወልደማሪያም ዲሜኖና በትርንጎ ስጋቱ ድጋፍ ነው፡፡ ተረቶቹን ከአማርኛ ወደ እንግሊዝኛ የመመለሱን ሥራ የሰራው መስፍን ሃብተማሪያም ነው፡፡
በዚህ ትንሽ ስብስብ ውስጥ ከሚገኙት ተረቶች መካከል (እውቀት ያሸንፋል) የሚለው ተረት የከፋን ህዝብ በንጉሶች ሥር የመተዳደርንና አብሮ የመኖርን የረጅም ዓመታት ታሪክ የሚያወሳ ነው፡፡ በአንዳንዶቹ እንደ ሃዘን ያስረጃል እና የአባትየው ኑዛዜ የመሳሰሉት ተረቶች ውስጥ ጠንከር ያለ የፍልስፍና ይዘት ይንጸባረቅባቸዋል፡፡
Listen — told in the original voice (Kafa)
Part of Voices of Ethiopia. Language attributions are being confirmed with the collectors.
- Keja Gondeኬጃ ጎንዴNarrated by Worku Alemu
- Sorrow Ages Manሐዘን ያስረጃልNarrated by Worku Alemu
- The Bird’s Adviceየወፏ ምክርNarrated by Worku Woldemariam
- The Cat, the Rat and the Cockድመት፣ አይጥና አውራ ዶሮNarrated by Imahoy Zewditu Wudineh
- The Coward and his Wifeፈሪው ሰውና ሚስቱNarrated by Worku Woldemariam
- The Father’s Willየአባትየው ኑዛዜNarrated by Imahoy Zewditu Wudineh
- The Foolish Husband and the Clever Wifeሞኙ ባልና ብልኋ ሚስትNarrated by Ayelew Haile
- The Foolish Servantሞኙ አሽከርNarrated by Ayelew Haile
- The Old Man’s Stickየሽማግሌው ዱላNarrated by Worku Alemu
- The Snake is Better than the Manእባብ ከሰውየው ተሻለNarrated by Worku Alemu
- Wisdom Rulesብልህነት ይነግሳልNarrated by Worku Alemu