Poetry, Prose and Popular Culture in Hausa / / 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...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | International African Library : IAL
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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