num_pages: 285
description: Throughout Africa, oral literature is flourishing, though it is perceived by some as anachronistic to the modern world. This work refutes this idea in its entirety by presenting 22 chapters, which firmly place the study of oral literature within contemporary African existence. The study analyzes how oral literature relates to media, music, technology, text, gender, religion, power, politics and globalization.
title: African Oral Literature: Functions in Contemporary Contexts
titlecomplete: African Oral Literature: Functions in Contemporary Contexts
publisher: New Africa Books