Oral Forms of Nigerian Autobiography and Life S, Alabi Hardcover..

Name: Oral Forms of Nigerian Autobiography and Life S, Alabi Hardcover..
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Oral Forms of Nigerian Autobiography and Life StoriesAuthor(s): Adetayo Alabi\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367721664, 978-0367721664\nSynopsis\nOral Forms of Nigerian Autobiography and Life Stories discusses the oral life stories and poems that Africans, particularly the Yoruba people, have told about the self and community over hundreds of years.\n\nDisproving the Eurocentric argument that Africans didnt produce stories about themselves, the author showcases a vibrant literary tradition of oral autobiographies in Africa and the diaspora. The oral auto/biographies studied in this book show that stories and poems about individuals and their communities have always existed in various African societies and they were used to record, teach, and document history, culture, tradition, identity, and resistance. Genres covered in the book include the panegyric, witches and wizards narratives, the epithalamium tradition.