African discourse in Islam, oral traditions, and performance
Abdul - Rasheed Na'Allah
African discourse in Islam, oral traditions, and performance
Author
Abdul - Rasheed Na'AllahPublisher
RoutledgeEdition 1
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شناسنامه
Title and Author
African discourse in Islam, oral traditions, and performance / Abdul - Rasheed Na'AllahPublication Details
نیویورک : Routledge، 2010مPhysical Description
xiv, 183 p.; 24 cm.Subject
Folk literature, Yoruba History and criticismFolk literature, Hausa History and criticism
Yoruba language Discourse analysis
Hausa language Discourse analysis
Folklore -- Nigeria Performance
Islam and culture -- Nigeria
Islam -- Nigeria Influence
series
(African studies؛ )Language
انگلیسیNotes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Elaloro: A Yoruba indigenous discourse on criticism and interpretation -- Elaloro and translation -- Some thoughts on traditional Hausa aesthetics and Arabic influence on Yoruba 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 -- Yoruba Egungun: some critical thoughts -- Traditional oral genre in a Muslim Ilorin: survival challenges -- Mamman Shata Katsina and Omoekee Amao Ilorin: Islam, performance, and orality