Introduction to African Oral Literature and PerformanceThis book brings together in one volume two,earlier books by the authors, now revised to meet,the callenges of 21st century scholarship,in African performance and cultural studies.,Topics covered range from sources of oral,traditions, the relevance of cosmology to oral,performance, myths and legends, occupational and,heroic poetry to name but a few. The central theme,is performance and the reader is provided with,projects and exercises intended to keep them,involved in research and performance experience. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
ORAL NARRATIVE PERFORMANCE | 9 |
Fieldwork Practice and Research Meth | 31 |
odology in Oral Literature Performance | 47 |
Myths | 55 |
Legends | 65 |
Folktales | 75 |
Proverbs | 85 |
Stylistics and the Performance of Oral | 101 |
ORAL POETRY PERFORMANCE | 121 |
Incantatory Poetry | 147 |
Salutation or Praise Poetry | 165 |
Funeral Poetry | 183 |
Occupational and Heroic Poetry | 199 |
Topical Lullaby and Occasional | 215 |
CONCLUSION | 241 |
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