Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 239 pages).
ISBN:
9781000428810
,
1000428818
,
9781003158219
,
1003158218
Serie:
African diaspora literary and cultural studies
Inhalt:
Introduction -- The Place of Orí (Head) and Some Foundational Texts on Oríkí -- Oríkí Praise Tradition in Yoruba Music -- Niyi Osundare, Oríkí , and the Oral Auto/biographical Form -- I of the Valiant Stock: Yoruba Bridal Chant and the Auto/biographical Genre -- I am the hunter who kills elephants and baboons: The Auto/biographical Component of the Hunters' Chant -- When Witches and Wizards Are Narrators: Oral Auto/biography, Magical Realism, and Memory -- The Auto/biographical Images of Africa in Udje and Tanure Ojaide's Poetry -- On Seeing Africa for the First Time: Orality, Panegyric, Memory, and the Diaspora in Isidore Okpewho's Call Me By My Rightful Name -- It Was Oríkí for You: Contemporary Reincarnations of Oral Life Story Genre in the Academy.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780367721664
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780367745059
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780367721664
Sprache:
Englisch
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