XXXII Международный конгресс ИИСАА. 26–28 апреля 2023 г.

Россия и Восток. К 300-летию СПбГУ. Материалы конгресса 497 Секция африканистов. «Чтения памяти Д. А. Ольдерогге» с неафриканскими, например, язык суахили изучался в связке со вторым арабским, а язык африкаанс в связке с немецким. Состоялся целый ряд учебно-исследовательских командировок преподавателей и студентов КФУ в Танзанию и ЮАР, в ходе которых наряду с языковой практи- кой проводились также исследования в интересуемых научных областях, а также приобреталась необходимая литература. С 2020 г. в Казанскомфедеральном университете регулярно проводится междуна- родный научныйфорум«Россия—Африка: политика, экономика, история, культура», куда съезжаются известные исследователи-африканисты России и из-за рубежа. Abimbola Waliyullahi Damilola (Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria) An examination of the invisibility properties of an African breathing costume (masquerade) In addition to their tribal markings, names, and accents, theYoruba people are known for their belief in the invisible powers of deities such as Ogun (gods of iron), Sango (gods of thunder), Yemoja (the river goddess), Obatala, and Egungun (masquerade). Masquerade is to the Yoruba what orthodoxy is to Slavic society because, in Yoruba mythology, emphasis is placed on the fact that the Yoruba view the masquerade’s supernatural powers as being equivalent to those of the reincarnated souls of their long-dead ancestors, who they say have come to protect the loved ones left behind from the troubles of this world. Alate-Orun (Hawker from Heaven), a specific Yoruba masquerade whose dead costume breathes as though it were alive, is the subject of this study. Records show that Alateorun, one of the most respected masqueraders of the Yoruba people, has not been the subject of any scholarly study. Furthermore, we reasoned that by excluding teenage hawkers from interacting with him, the Alateorun festival inhibits the maltreatment of girl children and promotes gender development. To put this together, we rely on primary data. Beletskiy S. (Higher School of Economics, Moscow) Morphology and Functions of Songs in Ihanzu Folktales Ihanzu is a Bantu language spoken in Central Tanzania (F31). According to Ethnologue data-base, there are 34000 Ihanzu speakers and that is why it is considered