Power, Marginality and African Oral Literature
Graham Furniss, Liz Gunner
African oral literature, like other forms of popular culture, is not merely a form of entertainment but a medium for commenting on contemporary social and political events. It can also be a significant agent of change capable of directing, provoking, preventing, overturning, and recasting social reality. The contributors to this collection are anthropologists, linguists, historians, and ethnomusicologists, who present fresh material on oral literature to paint a lively picture of current real life situations in Africa.
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Year:
2008
Edition:
1
Language:
english
Pages:
300
ISBN 10:
0521480612
ISBN 13:
9780521480611
File:
PDF, 5.39 MB
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english, 2008