The Oral performance in Africa /
The Oral performance in Africa /
edited by Isidore Okpewho.
- Ibadan, Nigeria : Spectrum Books, 1990.
- 277 p. : ill ; illustrations 22 cm.
A selection of papers presented at the Sixth Annual African Literature Conference held at the University of Ibadan, July 27-Aug. 1, l98l.
The study of performance / Isidore Okpewho (20 p.). --
Two griots of Senegambia / Edris Makward (19 p.). --
Kaalu Igirigiri : an Ohafia Igbo singer of tales / Chukwuma Azuonye (38 p.). --
The performance of gule wamkulu : an introduction / Enoch Timpunza Mvula (19 p.). --
Formulae in Madinka epic : the problem of translation / Gordon Innes (10 p.). --
Towards a faithful record : on transcribing and translating the oral narrative performance / Isidore Okpewho (26 p.). --
The narrator, narrative-pattern, and audience experience of oral narrative performance / Ropo Sekoni (21 p.). --
The oral performer and his audience : a case study of The Odizi saga / Isidore Okpewho (25 p.). --
Narrative rhythms in a Giryama ngano : oral patterns and musical oral patterns and musical structures / Ronald Rassner (21 p.). --
The preservation, transmission and realization of song texts : a psycho-musical approach / Daniel Avorgbedoe (20 p.). --
Wand or walking stick? : the formula and its use in Zulu praise poems / Elizabeth Gunner (23 p.). --
Structural and thematic parallels in oral narrative and film : Mandabi and two African oral narratives / Mbye Baboucar Cham (2
9782460095 (pbk.) 9789782460097 (pbk.)
Oral tradition
Folk literature, African-- Oral tradition -- Africa -- Congresses.
Folk music
GR350 / .O72
A selection of papers presented at the Sixth Annual African Literature Conference held at the University of Ibadan, July 27-Aug. 1, l98l.
The study of performance / Isidore Okpewho (20 p.). --
Two griots of Senegambia / Edris Makward (19 p.). --
Kaalu Igirigiri : an Ohafia Igbo singer of tales / Chukwuma Azuonye (38 p.). --
The performance of gule wamkulu : an introduction / Enoch Timpunza Mvula (19 p.). --
Formulae in Madinka epic : the problem of translation / Gordon Innes (10 p.). --
Towards a faithful record : on transcribing and translating the oral narrative performance / Isidore Okpewho (26 p.). --
The narrator, narrative-pattern, and audience experience of oral narrative performance / Ropo Sekoni (21 p.). --
The oral performer and his audience : a case study of The Odizi saga / Isidore Okpewho (25 p.). --
Narrative rhythms in a Giryama ngano : oral patterns and musical oral patterns and musical structures / Ronald Rassner (21 p.). --
The preservation, transmission and realization of song texts : a psycho-musical approach / Daniel Avorgbedoe (20 p.). --
Wand or walking stick? : the formula and its use in Zulu praise poems / Elizabeth Gunner (23 p.). --
Structural and thematic parallels in oral narrative and film : Mandabi and two African oral narratives / Mbye Baboucar Cham (2
9782460095 (pbk.) 9789782460097 (pbk.)
Oral tradition
Folk literature, African-- Oral tradition -- Africa -- Congresses.
Folk music
GR350 / .O72