Blood on the tides : the Ozidi Saga and oral epic narratology /

The Ozidi Saga is one of Africa's best known prosimetric epics, set in the Delta region of Nigeria. Blood on the Tides examines the epic -- a tale of a warrior and his sorcerer grandmother's revenge upon the assassins who killed her son -- both as an example of oral literature and as a ref...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Okpewho, Isidore (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : Woodbridge, Suffolk : University of Rochester Press ; Boydell & Brewer Limited, [2014]
Colección:Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. Volume 60.
Temas:
Ojobolo, O̲kabou. > Ozidi saga.
Ozidi (Legendary character) > Legends > History and criticism.
Folk literature, African > History and criticism.
Oral tradition > Nigeria.
Ijo (African people) > Nigeria > Folklore.
Ijo (African people) > Nigeria > Social life and customs.
Littérature populaire africaine > Histoire et critique.
Tradition orale > Nigeria.
Ijaw (Peuple d'Afrique) > Nigeria > Folklore.
Ijaw (Peuple d'Afrique) > Nigeria > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
HISTORY > Africa > West.
Legends.
Folk literature, African.
Ijo (African people)
Oral tradition.
Nigeria.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Ijo : their home, history, and culture
  • Other voices, other texts
  • The narrative art of Okabou Ojobolo
  • The narrator and his audience
  • Performance and plot
  • Music, song, and story
  • Ozidi, the Ijo, and the world

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