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Author Okpewho, Isidore.

Title Myth in Africa : a study of its aesthetic and cultural relevance / Isidore Okpewho
Published Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983

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Description x, 305 pages ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Africa and the oral narrative theory: a critical survey -- 2. What is myth? -- 3. Mythmaking in Africa -- 4. Myth and social reality: the poetic imperative -- 5. Myth and contemporary African literature -- 6. Myth, mind and culture: a review -- 7. Conclusion
Analysis African literatures, to 1982. Myth
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 289-298
Subject African literature -- History and criticism.
Folk literature -- Africa -- History and criticism.
Mythology, African.
Mythology, Sub-Saharan African.
Folk literature, African -- History and criticism.
Oral tradition -- Africa.
LC no. 82019756
ISBN 0521245540