Globalization, Oral Performance, and African Traditional Poetry

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book discusses globalization trends and influences on traditional African oral literary performance and the direction that Ilorin oral art is forced to take by the changes of the twenty-first century electronic age.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-03-23
Mått:148 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:100
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319750781

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Övrig scenkonst inom Kultur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah is Vice-Chancellor, Chief Executive Officer, and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Kwara State University, Nigeria. He is co-author of Introduction to African Oral Literature and Performance (2005), and author of Africanity, Islamicity and Performativity: Identity in the House of Ilorin (2009), African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance (2010), and Cultural Globalization And Plurality: Africa and the New World (2011).

Innehållsförteckning

1. African Art and the Crisis of Poverty and Social Divisions in a Global Era.- 2. Criticism of African Art and Literature.- 3. Ilorin Traditional Oral Art in the Context of Bourgeois Aesthetics.- 4. A Pact between the Writer and the Oral Performer.- 5. Conclusion.