Demonstrates that the search for oral origins in African literature is a quest for African authenticity. In a critique and revision of the conceptual category of orality as it has been understood and used by scholars, this title stresses the transformation of narrative genres as an index of sociopolitical relations and authorial vision.

"This is an extremely well written and carefully argued book that is quite persuasive. It should be essential reading for every scholar in African literature....

There are tales of footballing bees and Viking mice, the beginning of the thesaurus and the end of the library of Alexandria. Spend just two minutes a day with this brilliant almanac of curious treasure and you'll end your year full of wonder and just that little bit wiser.

From the award-winning author of The Dig and Cove, a collection of viscerally powerful short stories in which man is pitted against nature, against circumstance, and against himself.

Michael Palin reist door de geschiedenis in de voetsporen van zijn verloren oom Harry

Op het moment dat Michael Palin hoort dat zijn opa een broer had die op tragische wijze om het leven was gekomen tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog, is hij vastbesloten om meer over zijn mysterieuze familielid te weten te komen. Palin doet grondig onderzoek naar alles wat er rondom zijn verloren oom Harry te vinden is, zoals zijn dagboek en brieven, maar ook de reizen die Harry heeft gemaakt, de familieroddels e...