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Oral forms of Nigerian autobiography and life stories / Adetayo Alabi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alabi, Adetayo, author.
- Series:
- African diaspora literary and cultural studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folk literature, Yoruba.
- Folk poetry, Nigerian.
- Autobiography in literature.
- Orality in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 239 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The Place of Orí (Head) and Some Foundational Texts on Oríkí
- Oríkí Praise Tradition in Yoruba Music
- Niyi Osundare, Oríkí , and the Oral Auto/biographical Form
- "I of the Valiant Stock": Yoruba Bridal Chant and the Auto/biographical Genre
- "I am the hunter who kills elephants and baboons": The Auto/biographical Component of the Hunters' Chant
- When Witches and Wizards Are Narrators: Oral Auto/biography, Magical Realism, and Memory
- The Auto/biographical Images of Africa in Udje and Tanure Ojaide's Poetry
- On Seeing Africa for the First Time: Orality, Panegyric, Memory, and the Diaspora in Isidore Okpewho's Call Me By My Rightful Name
- It Was Oríkí for You: Contemporary Reincarnations of Oral Life Story Genre in the Academy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 24, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Alabi, Adetayo. Oral forms of Nigerian autobiography and life stories
- ISBN:
- 9781000428810
- 1000428818
- 9781003158219
- 1003158218
- Publisher Number:
- 40030723777
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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