African discourse in Islam, oral traditions, and performance /
Naʼallah, Abdul Rasheed.
African discourse in Islam, oral traditions, and performance / Abdul-Rasheed Na`Allah. - New York : Routledge, 2010. - xiv, 183 p. ; 24 cm. - African studies .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780415805926 0415805929 9780203863589 (ebk) 0203863585 (ebk)
Folk literature, Yoruba--History and criticism.
Folk literature, Hausa--History and criticism.
Yoruba language--Discourse analysis.
Hausa language--Discourse analysis.
Folklore--Performance.--Nigeria
Islam and culture--Nigeria.
Islam--Influence.--Nigeria
398.20966 / N2A3
African discourse in Islam, oral traditions, and performance / Abdul-Rasheed Na`Allah. - New York : Routledge, 2010. - xiv, 183 p. ; 24 cm. - African studies .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780415805926 0415805929 9780203863589 (ebk) 0203863585 (ebk)
Folk literature, Yoruba--History and criticism.
Folk literature, Hausa--History and criticism.
Yoruba language--Discourse analysis.
Hausa language--Discourse analysis.
Folklore--Performance.--Nigeria
Islam and culture--Nigeria.
Islam--Influence.--Nigeria
398.20966 / N2A3
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