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I Could Speak Until Tomorrow: Oriki, Women and the Past in a Yoruba Town (International African Library)
I Could Speak Until Tomorrow Oriki Women and the Past in a Yoruba Town - International African Library
Author: Karin Barber
In Yoruba culture oriki, or oral praise poetry, is a major part of both traditional performance and daily life, and as such reflects social change and structure both past and present. Karin Barber studies the oriki poetry of Okuku, a small town in the Oyo state of Nigeria. She shows how women, the main performers of the oriki, interpret the po...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780748602100
ISBN-10: 0748602100
Publication Date: 4/25/1991
Pages: 432
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Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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