Introduction to African Oral Literature: A Literary-descriptive Approach

A.J. Greimas aesthetic African Oral animals anthill Anyoro artistic asked audience Ayebo ballads beautiful boribo characters child communication created creation creative culture death Deucalion divine dramatic earth elements Elephant epic Esan Eshu Etuwere experience expression fantasy farmer flute folklore folktale function genres girl give goats gods Hausa head hero historical human Ibagboloro ideas Idiateme Igbo Igho Ijaw imagery images imaginative Inare incidents Isoko Izomina jealousy killed king land language live Lycaon lyric metaphors mode moral mother motifs musical myths narration narrative nature Nigerian proverbs Oba's Obatala Ogbei Ogiso Ogun Olorun Omovototu oral literature oral poetry oral traditions oriki Orunmila performance poem poetic praise poetry praise-poem Propp proverbs qualities realities recitations Roland Barthes sense Shango situation snake social society songs spirit story teller structure stylistic tale theme told tortoise Ulli Beier Urhobo Vladimir Propp wife woman words Yoruba Zeus