THEORIZING AFRICAN ORAL POETIC PERFORMANCE AND AESTHETICS: UDJE DANCE SONGS OF THE URHOBO PEOPLE

THEORIZING AFRICAN ORAL POETIC PERFORMANCE AND AESTHETICS: UDJE DANCE SONGS OF THE URHOBO PEOPLEStarting with the premise that literature and the arts are cultural productions, Tanure Ojaide finds using Western literary theory to judge African literary works, whether oral or written, not only missing the major aims of such creative works but also failing to understand their aesthetic impact. Using udje dance songs of Nigeria s Urhobo people as an example of an African oral poetic performance, he theorizes that provoking laughter and intellectual

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Sula and Nel are born in the Bottom—a small town at the top of a hill

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as well as her faith

We Live for the We touches on everything from the importance of creativity to building a mutually supportive community to navigating one's relationship with power and authority

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John Turturro

making your mark

and Physically)

The book is the most complete study of the role ritual plays in the lives of African people--and the role it can play for seekers in the West