| Description |
148 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Basic Africana library
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Basic Africana library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-143). |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
1. Traditional oral art -folklore: Prose: myths, legends, tales, epic -- Poetry: cultic chants, incantations, dirges, divinatory texts, praise-poetry, songs -- Epigrams: proverbs, riddles -- Folklore and society -- 2. Vernacular literatures: Islam and vernacular literatures -- Christianity and colonialism in Africa -- Christianity and vernacular literatures -- 3. European language poetry: Negritude and poetry in French -- Poetry in English -- 4. Novel: Characteristic stylistic features -- Thematic concerns -- Second generation -- 5. Drama. |
| Subject |
African literature -- History and criticism.
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African literature. |
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