Understanding oral literature
By: edited by Austin Bukenya, Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira, Okoth Okombo
Contributors: Bukenya, Austin; Kabira, Wanjiku Mukabi; Okoth-Okombo, Duncan
Publisher: Nairobi University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Nairobi, Kenya
Language: eng
Number of pages: 102
Subjects: Folk literature -- Study and teaching; Folk literature, African; Oral tradition -- Africa
Notes: Includes bibliographical references
Table of contents: value: On oral literature and the constituents of knowledge / Peter S.O. Amuka; value: Oral literature and translation / Okoth Okombo; value: Translation problems in oral literature / Karega Mutahi; value: Understanding and teaching proverbs / Okumba Miruka; value: The riddle / Hezekiel Njau Njoroge; value: Oral narrative as discourse / Humphrey J. Ojwang; value: The use of audio visual aids in the teaching of oral literature / Muthoni Ndege; value: Gender and politics of control : an overview of images of women in Gikuyu oral narratives / Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira; value: Images of women in African oral literature : a case study of Kalenjin and Maasai oral narratives / Ciarunji Chesaina; value: The relationship between oral literature and material culture and teaching of cultural heritage in schools / Sultan Somjee; value: Oral literature as part of oral traditions / Vincent Simiyu