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Oral Literature·7 min

Oral Literature: What This Section Covers

A map of the Yoruba oral genres treated in this section, what each file holds, and where the neighbouring sections carry the material this one does not duplicate.

introhighoral-literaturegenres

Oral Literature·30 min

The System of Yoruba Oral Genres

How Yoruba verbal art is classified into named genres by vocal manner rather than subject, who performs each and on what occasion, and why the European category "oral literature" fits the material imperfectly.

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