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7. TIED SINGERS, SINGERS FOR COMBATANTS, FARMERS AND EMIRS
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- PREFACE viii
- NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION xii
- NOTE ON TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS xii
- Maps xiii
- INTRODUCTION 1
- 1. THE ARCHITECTURE OF LITERATURE AND THE INTERPLAY OF VOICES 8
- 2. IMAGINATIVE PROSE-WRITING 20
- 3. ORAL NARRATIVES: TATSUNIYA 'THE TALE', AND OTHER PROSE FORMS 56
- 4. SHORT -FORM VERBAL ART 70
- 5. THEATRE AND MIMESIS 84
- 6. SONG AND FREELANCE POPULAR SINGERS 126
- 7. TIED SINGERS, SINGERS FOR COMBATANTS, FARMERS AND EMIRS 166
- 8. POETRY: FORM AND BACKGROUND 192
- 9. MODERN HAUSA POETRY 214
- NOTES 270
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 293
- INDEX 327
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- PREFACE viii
- NOTE ON TRANSCRIPTION xii
- NOTE ON TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS xii
- Maps xiii
- INTRODUCTION 1
- 1. THE ARCHITECTURE OF LITERATURE AND THE INTERPLAY OF VOICES 8
- 2. IMAGINATIVE PROSE-WRITING 20
- 3. ORAL NARRATIVES: TATSUNIYA 'THE TALE', AND OTHER PROSE FORMS 56
- 4. SHORT -FORM VERBAL ART 70
- 5. THEATRE AND MIMESIS 84
- 6. SONG AND FREELANCE POPULAR SINGERS 126
- 7. TIED SINGERS, SINGERS FOR COMBATANTS, FARMERS AND EMIRS 166
- 8. POETRY: FORM AND BACKGROUND 192
- 9. MODERN HAUSA POETRY 214
- NOTES 270
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 293
- INDEX 327