Ummemo

Ummemo ("the meeting") is an animated TV short by an unnamed author.

The original text

According to the original Swazi fable, Ummemo lived a cave just below a giant boulder in the mountains since the beginning of time. She a friend to many of the animals, with whom she shares the joy and sorrow every morning.

Translations and adaptations

Turned into an animated TV movie set in South Africa, titled Ummemo (and translated "The Echo") to become an episode of the anthology series "Animated Tales of the World".[1], an international animated series that aired on HBO as well as many other international channels. It is a co-production between Children's Trust Television International and other channels around the world.

As its name suggests, the animated series contains a collection of animated shorts that are produced by international animation studios from Germany to China, to Japan and the Caribbean Islands, and many other countries where the tales originated from. The series includes a number of animated shorts based on folkloric tales.[2]

Performance history in South Africa

Broadcast in South Africa by the SABC

Sources

https://animated-tales-of-the-world.fandom.com/wiki/Ummemo

https://animated-tales-of-the-world.fandom.com/wiki/Animated_Tales_of_the_World

http://www.times.co.sz/news/2704-misa-boss-lectures-sadc-journalists-on-incwala.html

A copy of the typed text of the basic tale (no author given), found in the Stellenbosch Drama Department. archives in 2022. Now held in the Performing Arts Research Collection (PARC) at the Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation, with offices at Pieter Okkers House, 7 Joubert Street, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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