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Approaches to the Study of African Oral Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2012

T. O. Beidelman  and
Ruth Finnegan
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Dr. Ruth Finnegan's study Oral Literature in Africa (The Oxford Library of African Literature. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970, pp. xix+558, £5) is likely to become an influential book. It surveys and summarizes much of our knowledge regarding the basic forms of African oral literature. Although there have been a number of essays published discussing some of the issues involved in recording, analysing, and appreciating such literature, as well as on the use of oral tradition for historical studies, this is the first modern attempt to take stock of our general knowledge in this field and to suggest how and along what paths future research should proceed.

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Research Article
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Africa , Volume 42 , Issue 2 , April 1972 , pp. 140 - 147
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Copyright © International African Institute 1972

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