Literatures in African Languages: Theoretical Issues and Sample Surveys |
Contents
PREFACE | 13 |
ORAL LITERATURE B W Andrzejewski | 31 |
THE RISE OF WRITTEN LITERATURES IN AFRICAN LAN | 49 |
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19th century activities Addis Ababa African African languages Amharic appeared Arabic became become beginning born called century character Christian Church collection composed concerned contains contemporary culture death describes early edited English established Ethiopian European example expression father genres Giiz give given Hausa images important influence interest John king known language later linguistic literary lived London Lovedale material means missionaries narratives nature NOTES novel oral literature oral tradition original particular past performance period person play poems poet poetic poetry political praise present prose proverbs published reader recorded religious represented short social society Somali songs Sotho South stories Studies Swahili teacher texts themes tion Town traditional translation University various writing written wrote Xhosa Yoruba young Zulu