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Genre |
: African fiction (English) |
Author |
: Samuel Amanor Dseagu |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1986 |
File |
: 554 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: WISC:89014105357 |
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". . . its pages come alive with wonderful illustrative material coupled with sensitve and insightful commentary." —Reviews in Anthropology " . . . the scope, breadth, and lucidity of this excellent study confirm that Okpewho is undoubtedly the most important authority writing on African oral literature right now . . . " —Research in African Literatures "Truly a tour de force of individual scholarship . . . " —World Literature Today " . . . excellent . . . " —African Affairs " . . . a thorough synthesis of the main issues of oral literature criticism, as well as a grounding in experienced fieldwork, a wide-ranging theoretical base, and a clarity of argument rare among academics." —Multicultural Review "This is a breathtakingly ambitious project . . . " —Harold Scheub " . . . a definitive accounting of the evidence of living oral traditions in Africa today. Professor Okpewho's authority as an expert in this important new field is unrivaled." —Gregory Nagy "Isidore Okpewho's African Oral Literature is a marvelous piece of scholarship and wide-ranging research. It presents the most comprehensive survey of the field of oral literature in Africa." —Emmanuel Obiechina " . . . a tour de force of scholarship in which Okpewho casts his net across the African continent, searching for its verbal forms through voluminous recent writings and presents African oral literature in a new voice, proclaiming the literariness of African folklore." —Dan Ben-Amos "This is an outstanding book by a scholar whose work has already influenced how African literature should be conceived. . . . Professor Okpewho is a scholar with a special talent to nurture scholarship in others. After this work, African literature will never be the same." —Mazisi Kunene Isidore Okpewho, for many years Professor of English at the University of Ibadan, is one of the handful of African scholars who has facilitated the growth of African oral literature to its status today as a literary enterprise concerned with the artistic foundations of human culture. This comprehensive critical work firmly establishes oral literature as a landmark of high artistic achievement and situates it within the broader framework of contemporary African culture.
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Genre |
: Literary Criticism |
Author |
: Isidore Okpewho |
Publisher |
: Indiana University Press |
Release |
: 1992-09-22 |
File |
: 412 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 025320710X |
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Throughout Africa, oral literature is flourishing, though it is perceived by some as anachronistic to the modern world. This work refutes this idea in its entirety by presenting 22 chapters, which firmly place the study of oral literature within contemporary African existence. The study analyzes how oral literature relates to media, music, technology, text, gender, religion, power, politics and globalization.
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Genre |
: Literary Criticism |
Author |
: Russell Kaschula |
Publisher |
: New Africa Books |
Release |
: 2001 |
File |
: 316 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 1919876073 |
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Genre |
: African literature |
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1988 |
File |
: 516 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: STANFORD:36105007018752 |
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This reference book surveys the richness of postcolonial African literature. The volume begins with an introductory essay on postcolonial criticism and African writing, then presents alphabetically arranged profiles of some 60 writers, including Chinua Achebe, Nadine Gordimer, Bessie Head, Doris Lessing, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Tahbar Ben Jelloun, among others. Each entry includes a brief biography, a discussion of major works and themes that appear in the author's writings, an overview of the critical response to the author's work, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. These profiles are written by expert contributors and reflect many different perspectives. The volume concludes with a selected general bibliography of the most important critical works on postcolonial African literature.
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Genre |
: Literary Criticism |
Author |
: Siga Fatima Jagne |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Release |
: 2012-11-12 |
File |
: 560 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781136593970 |
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Rev. ed. of: Introduction to African oral literature. c1991.
Product Details :
Genre |
: Literary Criticism |
Author |
: Bayo Ogunjimi |
Publisher |
: Africa World Press |
Release |
: 2005 |
File |
: 282 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 1592211518 |
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Genre |
: Bemba (African people) |
Author |
: Kalunga Stanley Lutato |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1980 |
File |
: 356 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: WISC:89087401733 |
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The contemporary poet in Africa is continuing a long tradition of poetry which in many places pre-dated the advent of writing. North America: Africa World Press
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Genre |
: African poetry |
Author |
: Eldred D. Jones |
Publisher |
: James Currey Publishers |
Release |
: 1988 |
File |
: 172 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 0852555164 |
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Genre |
: African fiction |
Author |
: Kole Omotoso |
Publisher |
: |
Release |
: 1979 |
File |
: 96 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: UVA:X001594734 |
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Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa. This revised edition makes Finnegan's ground-breaking research available to the next generation of scholars. It includes a new introduction, additional images and an updated bibliography, as well as its original chapters on poetry, prose, "drum language" and drama, and an overview of the social, linguistic and historical background of oral literature in Africa. This book is the first volume in the World Oral Literature Series, an ongoing collaboration between OBP and World Oral Literature Project. A free online archive of recordings and photographs that Finnegan made during her fieldwork in the late 1960s is hosted by the World Oral Literature Project (http: //www.oralliterature.org/collections/rfinnegan001.html) and can also be accessed from publisher's website.
Product Details :
Genre |
: Social Science |
Author |
: Ruth Finnegan |
Publisher |
: Open Book Publishers |
Release |
: 2012-09 |
File |
: 614 Pages |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781906924706 |