Poetry, Prose and Popular Culture in Hausa / / Graham Furniss.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Furniss, Graham,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1996
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: International African Library : IAL
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION --; NOTE ON TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS --; Maps --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. THE ARCHITECTURE OF LITERATURE AND THE INTERPLAY OF VOICES --; 2. IMAGINATIVE PROSE-WRITING --; 3. ORAL NARRATIVES: TATSUNIYA 'THE TALE', AND OTHER PROSE FORMS --; 4. SHORT -FORM VERBAL ART --; 5. THEATRE AND MIMESIS --; 6. SONG AND FREELANCE POPULAR SINGERS --; 7. TIED SINGERS, SINGERS FOR COMBATANTS, FARMERS AND EMIRS --; 8. POETRY: FORM AND BACKGROUND --; 9. MODERN HAUSA POETRY --; NOTES --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474468299; 9783110780475
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474468299
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Graham Furniss.

Introducing poetry, prose, songs and theatre from Nigeria, this engaging volume blends translated extracts with a rich commentary on the historical development and modern context of this hugely creative culture. Examining imaginative prose-writing, the tale tradition, popular song, Islamic religious poetry and modern TV drama amongst other topics, this is a clear and accessible book on a literary culture that has previously been little-known to the English-speaking readership.