The Search for African Orality

Nonfiction, History, Africa, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
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Author: Callender Press ISBN: 9781301075935
Publisher: Callender Press Publication: September 30, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Callender Press
ISBN: 9781301075935
Publisher: Callender Press
Publication: September 30, 2012
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

Africa is commonly seen as the 'oral' continent, a contrast to 'literate Europe'.

The anthropologist Ruth Finnegan, building on long experience of Africa's oral arts from both documentary and first-hand field sources, queries this notion and reveals Africa as the site of both oral and literate practices, and astoundingly rich in each.

Remarkably readable as well as illuminating .

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Africa is commonly seen as the 'oral' continent, a contrast to 'literate Europe'.

The anthropologist Ruth Finnegan, building on long experience of Africa's oral arts from both documentary and first-hand field sources, queries this notion and reveals Africa as the site of both oral and literate practices, and astoundingly rich in each.

Remarkably readable as well as illuminating .

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