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Blood on the Tides : <I>The Ozidi Saga</I> 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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York
Boydell & Brewer Group Ltd
2015
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 reflection of the specific social and political concerns of the Nigerian Delta and the country as a whole. In addition the book considers various iterations of the saga, including a performance of the entire saga in 1963 in Ibadan by the folk artist Okabou Okobolo, which was subsequently transcribed, translated ... |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (292 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9781580468473 |