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Pages: 118
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Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: University of Nairobi Press

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This latest contribution of the Kenya Oral Literature Association to explorations in oral literature is multi-disciplinary in approach. It includes a wide-rangi
Oral Literature in the Digital Age
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Mark Turin
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Open Book Publishers

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Thanks to ever-greater digital connectivity, interest in oral traditions has grown beyond that of researcher and research subject to include a widening pool of
Oral Literature in Africa
Language: en
Pages: 614
Authors: Ruth Finnegan
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09 - Publisher: Open Book Publishers

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Ruth Finnegan's Oral Literature in Africa was first published in 1970, and since then has been widely praised as one of the most important books in its field. B
How to Read an Oral Poem
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: John Miles Foley
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Drawing on many examples including an American slam poet, a Tibetan paper-singer, a South African praise-poet, and an ancient Greek bard (Homer) the author show
Contemporary Oral Literature Fieldwork
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Peter Wasamba
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-19 - Publisher: African Books Collective

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Contemporary Oral Literature Fieldwork is based on rich research experience dating back to the 1990s. The book is written against the backdrop of Africas confus