Sustaining the Heritage: Assessing the Aesthetics of Verbal Symbolisation and Signifaction in Idanre Orature

This study shows how oral poetry permeates the culture and activities of Africans. In almost all African communities, there are poetic expressions such that poems are sung to express mother/father/child’s emotional state for and at every occasion. These include marriage, age grade celebration, depar...

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Main Authors: N. Akingbe, C.B. Ogunyemi, A. Akinkugbe
Format: Article
Language:Bulgarian
Published: SCS Consulting Ltd. 2012-12-01
Series:Venec
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Online Access:http://www.venets.org/getfile.php?id=135