African discourse in Islam, oral traditions, and performance / Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah.

SeriesAfrican studies
African studies (Routledge (Firm)) ^A560178
Contents Ẹ̀làlọ̀rọ̀: A Yorubá indigenous discourse on criticism and interpretation -- Ẹ̀làlọ̀rọ̀ and translation -- Some thoughts on traditional Hausa aesthetics and Arabic influence on Yorubá and Hausa written traditions in Nigeria -- Horses of memory and The word is an egg : Osundare's poetic voices -- Cultural poetics, African diaspora, and the global world : Tanure Ojaide's I want to dance and other poems -- African cultural revival as an important message in Death and the king's horseman and The lion and the jewel -- Language and culture in an African adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex -- Yorubá Egungun : some critical thoughts -- Traditional oral genre in a Muslim Ilorin : survival challenges -- Mamman Shata Katsina and Omoekee Amao Ilorin : Islam, performance, and orality.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009024127
ISBN9780415805926
ISBN0415805929
ISBN9780203863589 (ebk)
ISBN0203863585 (ebk)

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Joyner General Stacks GR351.32.Y56 N33 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold