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Orality in writing [electronic resource] : its cultural and political function in anglophone African, African-Caribbean, and African-Canadian poetry / by Yaw Adu-Gyamfi

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Author:
Adu-Gyamfi, Yaw 1963-  Search this
Physical description:
v, 200 leaves : ill., digital, PDF file
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1999
C1999
Notes:
Title from PDF file, viewed Mar. 24, 2008.
Contents:
African-derived oral literature : a background -- Writing orality in Wole Soyinka's poetry -- African oral poetics in the poetry of Louise Bennett and Edward Kamau Brathwaite -- Building community : survival strategies and the new life of orality in African-Canadian literature
Topic:
Oral communication in literature  Search this
Oral tradition in literature  Search this
Poetry--Black authors  Search this
African poetry (English)--History and criticism  Search this
Caribbean poetry (English)--History and criticism  Search this
Canadian poetry--Black authors--History and criticism  Search this
Call number:
PR9342 .A38 1999
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_838935