| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 183 pages) |
| Series |
African studies |
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African studies (Routledge (Firm))
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| 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 |
| Summary |
Through an engaged analysis of writers such as Wole Soyinka, Ola Rotimi, Niyi Osundare, and Tanure Ojaide and of African traditional oral poets like Omoekee Amao Ilorin and Mamman Shata Katsina, Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah develops an African Indigenous discourse paradigm for interpreting and understanding literary and cultural materials. Na'Allah argues for the need for cultural diversity in critical theorizing in the twenty-first century. He highlights the critical issues facing scholars and students involved in criticism and translation of marginalized texts. By returning the African knowledg |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Folk literature, Yoruba -- History and criticism
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Folk literature, Hausa -- History and criticism
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Yoruba language -- Discourse analysis
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Hausa language -- Discourse analysis
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Folklore -- Performance -- Nigeria
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Islam and culture -- Nigeria
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Islam -- Nigeria -- Influence
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
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Folk literature, Hausa
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Folk literature, Yoruba
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Folklore -- Performance
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Islam and culture
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Islam -- Influence
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Nigeria
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203863589 |
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0203863585 |
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9780415805926 |
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0415805929 |
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