Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

A.C. Jordan. Towards an African Literature: The Emergence of Literary Form in Xhosa. Rpt. Berkeley: University of California, 1973.

A brief discussion of the oral traditional genres among the Xhosa is included, treating lyric and dramatic verse, praise poems, riddles, and proverbs. Also describes the effect of incipient literacy and the written tradition that resulted.
Area: AF