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Radical Jazz, Scott Abbott
Healthy Decadence? Utah Art Through A German Lens, Scott Abbott
Healthy Decadence? Utah Art Through A German Lens, Scott Abbott
Scott Abbott
No abstract provided.
The Meaning Of The “Meaningless” Refrain In Igbo Folksongs And Storytelling Events, Chukwuma Azuonye
The Meaning Of The “Meaningless” Refrain In Igbo Folksongs And Storytelling Events, Chukwuma Azuonye
Chukwuma Azuonye
In this chapter, 'Chukwuma Azuonye...considers possible meanings of the “nonsense” refrains from Igbo folk songs that audiences sing during storytelling events in southeastern Nigeria. He classifies the refrains into eight categories, and concludes (and convinces the reader) that the “meaningless” description given to these refrains is erroneous. Each sound has a definite connotation, symbolic value, or specific meaning' (De Vos, Gail, 2001, Review of Traditional Storytelling Today: An International Sourcebook, ed. Margaret Reed Macdonald, Journal of American Folklore, Volume 114, Number 454, Fall, p. 503).
Igbo Stories And Storytelling, Chukwuma Azuonye
Igbo Stories And Storytelling, Chukwuma Azuonye
Chukwuma Azuonye
A classification and discussion of the main forms and contexts of Igbo storytelling and the poetics of their oral performance, illustrated with a text recorded in the context of the oral performance
The Igbo Folk Epic, Chukwuma Azuonye
The Igbo Folk Epic, Chukwuma Azuonye
Chukwuma Azuonye
This article discusses the types of heroic narrative poetry that have been found to exist in Igbo culture and that, on the basis of the most universal and inalienable features of the genre, cannot but be recognized as folk epics. The admission of these forms as epics will no doubt have important implications for the comparative understanding of the nature of the genre and its future definition.
The Dogon Creation Story, Chukwuma Azuonye
Crossing, Scott Abbott
Wild Rides, Wild Flowers, 1-10, Scott Abbott, Sam Rushforth
Wild Rides, Wild Flowers, 1-10, Scott Abbott, Sam Rushforth
Scott Abbott
No abstract provided.