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Griots --- Laudatory poetry, African --- Poésie élogieuse africaine --- Poésie élogieuse africaine --- Folklore --- Oral tradition --- Storytelling --- Performance --- History and criticism. --- Tradition orale --- Art de conter --- History --- Histoire --- Africa --- Laudatory poetry [African ] --- History and criticism --- History. --- Performance. --- Historians --- Storytellers --- Folk beliefs --- Folk-lore --- Traditions --- Ethnology --- Manners and customs --- Material culture --- Mythology --- Story-telling --- Telling of stories --- Oral interpretation --- Children's stories --- Oral interpretation of fiction --- African laudatory poetry --- African poetry

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Francophone literature --- Martinique --- Biography --- Bibliography --- 20th-21st century --- Francophone literature - Martinique - Biography - Bibliography - 20th-21st century.

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Exploring the origins, organization, subject matter, and performance contexts of singers and singing, Women's Songs from West Africa expands our understanding of the world of women in West Africa and their complex and subtle roles as verbal artists. Covering Côte d'Ivoire, the Gambia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and beyond, the essays attest to the importance of women's contributions to the most widespread form of verbal art in Africa.

West Africans --- Women musicians --- Music --- Africans, West --- Ethnology --- Musicians, Women --- Women as musicians --- Musicians --- Art music --- Art music, Western --- Classical music --- Musical compositions --- Musical works --- Serious music --- Western art music --- Western music (Western countries) --- Music. --- History and criticism.

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"The editors... must be congratulated... Long live the African storytellers " Africa Today"It is difficult to imagine a more practical introduction to contemporary African epic than this anthology... no other single volume comprehends the full scope of African epic (as opposed to praise poetry) the way this one does.... The stories are engaging, and the free-verse translations are surprisingly readable.... Recommended for all academic collections." ChoiceWestern culture traces its literary heritage to such well-known epics as the Iliad and the Odyssey and Gilgamesh. But it is only recently that scholars have turned their attention toward capturing the rich oral tradition that is still alive in Africa today. These 25 selections introduce English-speaking readers to the extensive epic traditions in Africa.

Epic literature, African --- Littérature épique africaine --- Epic Literature --- Literary Collections --- Epic literature --- Literary collections