Central and West African Literature

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Central and West African Literature An Overview Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle African Literature Major Characteristics Oral tradition (orature) Fixed texts (transmitted by griots) [West Africa] Free texts (transmitted by non-professionals) [other areas of Africa A high level of respect for nature’s bounties and vagaries The veneration of one’s forbearers, living and deceased Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

African Literature (continued) Major Characteristics (continued) The values of religious expression through the arts, ritual, and celebration The importance of child bearing, the family, the community, and its leaders Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle African Poetic Genres Songs Poetry Epic Utenzi [Swahili] Lyric Oriki [Yoruba] Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle African Prose Genres Proverbs Legends Folktales Tatsuniyoyi – tales about people and animals that impart lessons of etiquette, morality, and human values usually told by women to children around night campfires [Hausa] Labarai – tales which pass on historical events as presented by elders of the extended family [Hausa] Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

African Prose Genres (continued) Short Stories Novels Dramas Essays Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

The Separation of God from Man Genre: Cosmogony Source Culture: Krachi people of Togo Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali Genre: Epic Poem Poet/Griot: Djeli Mamoudou Kouyaté Synopsis: an epic about the cultural founder of the Mali people, Sundiata Keita Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

Traditional West African Lyric Poetry “In Praise of Bow and Arrow” (Fon) “Three Friends” (Yoruba) Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle The Rubber Man Genre: Folktale Source Culture: Hausa Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle Hausa Proverbs Genre: Proverbs Source Culture: Hausa Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle Fulani Proverbs Genre: Proverbs Source Culture: Fulani Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

Yoruba Lyric Poetry and Riddles “A Child Is…” Yoruba Riddles Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle

Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African Genre: Slave Narrative Author: Olaudah Equiano (1745-1802 CE) Synopsis: a firsthand account of the transatlantic slave trade Copyright 2015, Sean William Doyle