African oral literature : backgrounds, character, and continuity /

African oral literature : backgrounds, character, and continuity /

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Author / Creator:Okpewho, Isidore
Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1992.
Description:xiii, 392 p. ; 29 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Folk literature -- Africa -- History and criticism.
Oral tradition -- Africa
Folk literature, African.
Oral tradition.
Africa.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1318307
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ISBN:0253341671 (cloth : alk. paper)
025320710X (paper : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • 1. The Study of African Oral Literature
  • 2. The Oral Artist
  • 3. The Oral Performance
  • 4. Stylistic Qualities
  • 5. Social Relevance
  • 6. Songs and Chants
  • 7. Oral Narratives
  • 8. Witticisms
  • 9. Musical and Dramatic Forms
  • 10. Oral Literature and Modern African Literature
  • 11. Preserving Oral Literature: Fieldwork and after
  • 12. Suggested Further Work
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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