Critical Perspectives on Nigerian Literatures

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Bernth Lindfors
Three Continents Press, 1976 - Literary Criticism - 285 pages
Vernacular literatures: Olajubu, O. Iwi Egungun chants. Owomoyela, O. Folklore and Yoruba theater. Adedeji, J. Trends in the content and form of the opening glee in Yoruba theater. Skinner, N., et al. Wakar Bushiya. Echeruo, M. The dramatic limits of Igbo ritual. Emenyonu, E. Early fiction in Igbo. Literatures in English: Armstrong, R. P. The narrative and intensive continuity. Brown, L. Cultural norms and modes of perception in Achebe's fiction. Skinner, N. From Hausa to English. Nwoga, D. Plagiarism and authentic creativity in West Africa. Lindfors, B. The early writings of Wole Soyinka. Dodson, D. The role of the publisher in Onitsha market literature. Stevenson, W. H. The horn. Kronenfeld, J. Z. The "communistic" African and the "individualistic" Westerner

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Yoruba TheaterJoel Adedeji
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A Hausa Satirical PoemNeil Skinner et
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The PalmWine
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