Research Catalog

African discourse in Islam, oral traditions, and performance

Title
African discourse in Islam, oral traditions, and performance / Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah.
Author
Na'allah, Abdul Rasheed.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2010.
Supplementary Content
Publisher description

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library JFE 09-4825Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

Details

Description
xiv, 183 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
African studies
Uniform Title
African studies (Routledge (Firm))
Subject
  • Folk literature, Yoruba > History and criticism
  • Folk literature, Hausa > History and criticism
  • Yoruba language > Discourse analysis
  • Hausa language > Discourse analysis
  • Folklore > Nigeria > Performance
  • Islam and culture > Nigeria
  • Islam > Nigeria > Influence
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
̣Èlàḷòṛò: A Yorubá indigenous discourse on criticism and interpretation -- ̣Èlàḷòṛò and translation -- Some thoughts on traditional Hausa aesthetics and Arabic influence on Yorubá 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 -- Yorubá Egungun : some critical thoughts -- Traditional oral genre in a Muslim Ilorin : survival challenges -- Mamman Shata Katsina and Omoekee Amao Ilorin : Islam, performance, and orality.
Call Number
JFE 09-4825
ISBN
  • 9780415805926
  • 0415805929
  • 9780203863589 (ebk)
  • 0203863585 (ebk)
LCCN
2009024127
OCLC
YBP 2009024127
Author
Na'allah, Abdul Rasheed.
Title
African discourse in Islam, oral traditions, and performance / Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah.
Imprint
New York : Routledge, 2010.
Series
African studies
African studies (Routledge (Firm))
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Connect to:
Publisher description
Research Call Number
JFE 09-4825
View in Legacy Catalog