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

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.