Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

B.W. Andrzejewski and I. M. Lewis. Somali Poetry: An Introduction. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Part I (pp. 3-60) provides basic information on the social and cultural setting, the Somali language, and Somali verse characteristics. Refers briefly to oral transmission, which according to the authors stems from feats of memorization (pp. 44-46). Part II (pp. 61-167) contains 31 poems in translation.
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