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African Literature: Folklore and Oral Tradition

African Literature: Folklore and Oral Tradition

Acholi Proverbs
Okot P'Bitek
[no ISBN avail.] 38pp. 1985 East African Educ. Publ. $5.50/Pound2.95

A Dictionary of Oral Literature
Leteipa Ole Sunkuli & Simon Okumba Miruka
9966465073 132pp. 1990 East African Educ. Publ. $18.00/Pound9.95

Encounter with Oral Literature
Okumba Miruka
9966466916 194pp. 1994 East African Educ. Publ. $17.00/Pound9.50

Gikuyu Oral Literature
Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira & K. Muthahi
9966463771 167pp. 1988 East African Educ. Publ. $12.50/Pound6.95

Ilu Ndi Igbo: Vol. 1 A Study of Igbo Proverbs. Translation, Explanation and Usage (With a comparison with some Hausa Proverbs)
Solomon Amadiume
9781563966 100pp. 1994 [publ. 1995] Fourth Dimension Publ. $11.50/Pound6.50 S

Ilu Ndi Igbo: Vol. 2 A Study of Igbo Proverbs. Suitable Proverbs for Different Occasions Translated (Similarities Between Igbo and Yoruba Proverbs)
Solomon Amadiume
9781564105 76pp. 1995 Fourth Dimension Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25 S

Keep My Words. Luo Oral Literature
B. Onyango-Ogutu & A.A. Roscoe
[no ISBN avail.] 159pp. 1988 East African Educ. Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Kenyan Oral Narratives. A Selection
K. Adagala & Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira
[no ISBN avail.] 90pp. 1986 East African Educ. Publ. $12.50/Pound6.95

Myths & Legends of the Swahili
Jan Knappert
[no ISBN avail.] 212pp. 1986 East African Educ. Publ. $10.00/Pound6.25

Noin Nengia, Bere Negia, Nembe N'Akabu. More Days, More Wisdom: Nembe Proverbs
E.J. Alagoa
9782321109 137pp. 1987 Univ. Port Harcourt Press (Delta series, 5) $13.75/Pound7.50 S

The Oral Artist
Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira
[no ISBN avail.] 105pp. 1983 East African Educ. Publ. $12.50/Pound6.95

Oral Literature of the Kalenjin
C. Chesaina
9966468919 167pp. 1991 East African Educ. Publ. $18.00/Pound9.95

Oral Literature of the Masai
N. Kipury
[no ISBN avail.] 233pp. 1983 East African Educ. Publ. $21.50/Pound11.95

The Oral Performance in Africa
Isidore Okpewho
9782460095 277pp. 1990 Spectrum Books $30.00/Pound16.75

The Singing Anthill: Ogoni Folk Tales
Ken Saro-Wiwa
1870716159 144pp. 1991 Saros Int. Publ. (Saros Star Series, 11) $12.50/Pound6.95

Taroh Folktales
Esther Bali
9782460532 95pp. ill. 1990 [publ. 1991] Spectrum Books $6.50/Pound3.50

Understanding Oral Literature
Edited by Austin Bukenya, Wanjiku Mukabi Kabira et al.
996684631X 102pp. 1994 [publ. 1995] Nairobi Univ. Press $13.75/Pound7.50

The Valley of the Dead
Eta Johnevi
9964103697 179pp. 1992 Ghana Publ. Corp. $7.95/Pound4.25

Yoruba Folktales
Amos Tutuola
9781211865 56pp. ill. 1987 Ibadan Univ. Press $10.00/Pound6.25

Zambian Proverbs
Nyambe Sumbwa
9982300717 84pp. rev ed. 1996 Multimedia $8.50/Pound4.95



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