| Description |
xiv, 285 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: power, marginality and oral literature / Graham Furniss and Liz Gunner -- 2. Oral art and contemporary cultural nationalism / Penina Mlama -- 3. The letter and the law: the politics of orality and literacy in the chiefdoms of the northern Transvaal / Isabel Hofmeyr -- 4. A king is not above insult: the politics of good governance in Nzema avudwene festival songs / Kofi Agovi -- 5. Igbo enwe eze: monarchical power versus democratic values in Igbo oral narratives / Chukwuma Azuonye -- 6. Tales and ideology: the revolt of sons in Bambara-Malinke tales / Veronika Gorog-Karady -- 7. Images of the powerful in Lyela folktales / Sabine Steinbrich -- 8. Power, marginality and Somali oral poetry: case studies in the dynamics of tradition / John William Johnson -- 9. The function of oral art in the regulation of social power in Dyula society / Jean Derive -- 10. The power of words and the relation between Hausa genres / Graham Furniss |
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11. Sexuality and socialisation in Shona praises and lyrics / Herbert Chimbundu -- 12. Nontsizi Mgqwetho: stranger in town / Jeff Opland -- 13. Clashes of interest: gender, status and power in Zulu praise poetry / Liz Gunner -- 14. Jelimusow: the superwomen of Malian music / Lucy Duran -- 15. Power and the circuit of formal talk / Kwesi Yankah -- 16. Praise splits the subject of speech: constructions of kingship in the Manden and Borgu / Paulo Fernando de Moraes Farias -- 17. Beyond the communal warmth: the poet as loner in Ewe oral tradition / Kofi Anyidoho |
| Notes |
Based on a conference held at Birkbeck College and the School of Oriental and African Studies in January 1991 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-276) and index |
| Subject |
Folklore -- Africa.
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Marginality, Social -- Africa.
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Narrative poetry, African.
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Oral tradition -- Africa.
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Power (Social sciences) -- Africa.
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Social structure -- Africa.
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| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001570
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Africa -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100923
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Furniss, Graham.
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Gunner, Elizabeth.
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| LC no. |
94038051 |
| ISBN |
0521480612 |
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