African oral literature, like other forms of popular culture, is not merely a form of entertainment but a medium for commenting on contemporary social and polit

Oral communication is quite different in its spontaneity and communicative power from textual and visual communication. Culturally-bounded expectations of ways

African oral literature, like other forms of popular culture, is not merely a form of entertainment but a medium for commenting on contemporary social and polit

Throughout Africa, oral literature is flourishing, though it is perceived by some as anachronistic to the modern world. This work refutes this idea in its entir