Oral Forms of Nigerian Autobiography and Life Stories

Oral Forms of Nigerian Autobiography and Life Stories
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 240
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ISBN-10 : 1003158218
ISBN-13 : 9781003158219
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Book Synopsis Oral Forms of Nigerian Autobiography and Life Stories by : Adetayo Alabi

Download or read book Oral Forms of Nigerian Autobiography and Life Stories written by Adetayo Alabi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Oral Forms of Nigerian Autobiography and Life Stories discusses the oral life stories and poems that Africans, particularly the Yoruba people, have told about the self and community over hundreds of years. Disproving the Eurocentric argument that Africans didn't produce stories about themselves, the author showcases a vibrant literary tradition of oral autobiographies in Africa and the diaspora. The oral auto/biographies studied in this book show that stories and poems about individuals and their communities have always existed in various African societies and they were used to record, teach, and document history, culture, tradition, identity, and resistance. Genres covered in the book include the panegyric, witches' and wizards' narratives, the epithalamium tradition, the hunter's chant, and Udje of the Urhobo. Providing an important showcase for oral narrative traditions this book will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers in African and Africana studies, literature and auto/biographical studies"--


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