Yoruba Creativity: Fiction, Language, Life and SongsToyin Falola, Ann Genova Africa World Press, 2005 - 350 من الصفحات In songs, dance and drama the fame of the Yoruba of Nigeria is firmly established and universally acknowledged. Also an established writing and literary tradition, the Yoruba have asserted themselves as a dominant force in the world of creativity. Such stars are represented here, as in the works of Wole Soyinka and Zulu Sofola. The future of language in the making of new idioms and dictionaries is also examined in an attempt to position the Yoruba and their cultures in the ever-changing world of cultural inventions. |
المحتوى
Soyinkas Activities in 19601961 | 27 |
Soyinkas Defense of the Yoruba | 57 |
A Trap or Freedom in Zulu Sofolas The Sweet Trap | 85 |
Rotimis Kurunmi and the Nineteenth | 113 |
Understanding Yoruba Art and Culture through Ethnography | 133 |
Toyin Falola and the | 155 |
The Indigenous Language of Education in Yoruba | 165 |
A New Experimental Study | 183 |
Modification of Yoruba Numeral System for use in Science | 223 |
Yoruba Studies in the United States | 245 |
The Place of Culture in a World Dictionary of the Yoruba Language | 259 |
The Phenomenon of New Idioms in Yorùbá Literary and Routine | 273 |
Some Yorùbá Social Realities in Selected Songs of Hárúnà Ìshòlá | 291 |
Black Icons and Issues of Representation | 311 |
Contributors | 333 |
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عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
ààbò òrò Adejumo African languages African Literatures Agba Alafin audience autobiographical Baron Samedi belief Bero bride character child Connell and Ladd consonant deletion death dictionary discourse drama Egbé Elesin English example expressions father Fela Fela's Femi Figure genre Gullah Hausa human idioms Ijaiye indigenous intonation Ìshòlá Iyaloja Jeyifo King's Horseman Kurunmi Lagos lexical Linguistics literary London meaning Nigeria Niyi Osundare Noun Oduduwa Ogun Ola Rotimi omo naa oral oriki orisa Oshun Osun Osundare performance person phonological pitch play playwright political praise Professor proverbs ritual suicide role Rotimi sentence social Sofola song Standard Yoruba statement syllable symbol TOLF tone languages Traveling Theater University of Ibadan University Press utterance vodou vowel assimilation Western Wh-clause question Wole Soyinka woman women words yes/no question Yorùbá Yoruba artists Yoruba culture Yoruba language Yoruba society Yoruba studies Zombie