African discourse in Islam, oral traditions, and performance / Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Na'Allah, Abdul Rasheed.

Series:

African studies (Routledge (Firm))

African studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folk literature, Yoruba--History and criticism.

Folk literature, Yoruba.

Folk literature, Hausa--History and criticism.

Folk literature, Hausa.

Yoruba language--Discourse analysis.

Yoruba language.

Hausa language--Discourse analysis.

Hausa language.

Folklore--Performance--Nigeria.

Folklore.

Folklore--Performance.

Islam.

Islam and culture.

Discourse analysis.

Nigeria.

Islam and culture--Nigeria.

Islam--Nigeria--Influence.

Physical Description:

xiv, 183 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2010.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415805926

0415805929

9780203863589

0203863585

OCLC:

419262841

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