Oral Literature in Africa (88 page)

Bivar, A. D. H.,
52

Blacking, J.,
44
,
291
,
297
,
428

Blair, D. S.,
97

Bleek, D. F.,
178
,
374

Bleek, W. H. I.,
32
,
33
-
34
,
415
,
148

Bmbala.
See
Mbala Bambara

Bmbuti,
358

Boas, F.,
42

Boccassino, R.,
451

Boelaert, E.,
75
,
360

Bohannan, P.,
307

Bondei,
35

Bornu,
85
,
489
,
490

Boston, J. S.,
496

Bouillon, A.,
223

Bounfour, A.,
xxx

Bowers, C.,
116

Bowra, C.,
xxxv

Brakeley, T. C.,
234

Brandel, R.,
256
,
434

Brazil,
112

Breitinger, E.,
xxx
,
xxxii

Brown, D.,
xxx

Bufe, E.,
35

Bull, A. F.,
271

Bulu,
363

Bura,
368

Burbridge, A.,
68

Burton, R. F.,
29
,
31
,
33

Burton, W. F. P.,
79
,
369

Burundi.
See
Rundi

Bushmen, Bushman,
52
,
59
,
149
,
177
-
178
,
215
,
255
,
337
,
356
,
373
,
379
,
488

Bushong,
522

Bynon, J.,
429

Cagnolo, C.,
xi
,
329
,
330
-
331

Calame-Griaule, G.,
xxxi
,
269

Callaway, H.,
422

Cameroons, Cameroun,
109
,
242
,
470

Carrington, J. F.,
118
,
462
,
468
,
469
,
471
,
472
,
473
,
482

Carter, H.,
367

Casalis, E.,
31

cattle

names for,
463

poetry connected with,
89
,
90
-
91
,
112
,
122
,
125
,
127
,
131
,
132
,
133
,
139
,
184
,
296
-
201
,
203
-
204
,
245

in proverbs,
394
,
408

in riddles,
422

Cendrars, B.,
308

Central Africa,
178
,
329
,
335
,
344
,
363
,
423
,
425

Central African Republic(s),
73
,
77
,
78

Central Bantu,
418

Central language sub-family,
58
,
59

Central Saharan language group,
59

Cerulli, E.,
454

Chad

Lake,
59

language sub-group,
59

Chadwick, N. K.,
99
,
114
,
147
,
202
,
205
,
216
,
270
,
362

Chadwick, H.,
99
,
114
,
147
,
202
,
205
,
216
,
270
,
362

Chaga, Chagga,
400
,
419
,
426

chain rhymes,
297
,
299
,
453

characterization,
341
-
342
,
371
,
373
,
493

characters

in stories,
334
,
350

animals,
328
-
329
,
334
,
335
-
337
,
341
,
342
,
373

people,
334
,
344
,
345
,
351

overlap of,
334
-
335

See also
myths; historical narratives

Chatelain, H.,
32
,
353
,
369
,
381
,
383
,
391

Chaytor, H. J.,
21

Cherbonneau, A.,
52
-
53

Chewa,
273

chiasmus.
See
parallelism

Chikaranga.
See
Karanga

Chikunda,
228

children’s poetry

games and verses,
253
,
291
,
295
,
296
,
297
,
299
,
300
-
304

lullabies,
104
,
105
,
291
,
292
,
293

nursery rhymes,
22
,
294
,
295

See also
riddles

Chinamwanga.
See
Nyamwanga

Chinyanja.
See
Nyanja

Chiwale, J. C,
122

Chopi,
76
,
246
,
260
,
263
,
266
,
267
,
270

chorus

in drama,
488
,
492

in elegies,
147
,
151
,
161

in lyrics,
235
,
238
,
244
,
252
,
253
,
255
,
258
,
260

in political songs,
271

in religious poetry,
178
,
179
,
182
,
192

in stories,
374

in work songs,
225
,
227
,
228
,
229
,
230
,
232
,
234

Christaller, J. G.,
31

Christensen, J. B.,
382
,
403

Christian, Christianity,
31
,
54
,
172
,
181
,
227
,
366
,
451

lyrics,
78
,
165
,
168
,
172
,
181
,
182
-
183

effect on religious poetry,
54
,
92
,
200

effect on political poetry,
172
,
275
,
278
,
281
,
289

Church of Nazareth,
181

Clark, J. P.,
xxxii
,
108
,
237
,
500

Clarke, J. D.,
196
,
198

Clarke, K. W.,
41

Clarke, R. T.,
472

class system (in languages),
59
,
63
-
65

use of in Southern Bantu panegyric,
65

in stories,
64
-
66

Classical world,
20
,
235

classification

interest in,
312
,
318

difficulty of constructing for African oral literature,
1
,
318
,
319
,
320
,
334
-
335
,
357

native classification of literature: neglect by collectors
320
,
354
-
355

of ‘myths’,
41
,
319
,
322
,
324
,
351
,
352
-
355
,
357

of proverbs,
383
,
390
,
392

of riddles,
420

Click language family,
59

composers and reciters

on drums,
118
,
148
,
483

in hunting poetry,
218
,
220
,
221

in ‘modern’ situations,
49
,
505

and military poetry,
205
,
207
,
210
,
211
-
212

nature and distribution of,
16
,
91
-
92
,
139
-
140

occasions for,
118
-
119
,
135

performance of,
11
,
16
,
135
-
136
,
138

religious,
166
,
200

self-praises,
111
,
114
,
115
,
119
,
123
,
137
,
142
,
460

similarity to epic,
109
,
110

in Southern Bantu languages,
65

in Southern Bantu praise poetry,
6
,
116
-
117
,
121
,
128
,
135
-
138
,
137
,
141

style of in general,
136

verbal element in,
7
,
26
,
76
,
86
,
374
.
See also
court poets;
oriki

compound nouns.
See
noun formation

Cole-Beuchat, P. D.,
415
,
428

Colin, R.,
366

Collier, F. S.,
220

Collins, J.,
514

Comhaire-Sylvain, S.,
418
,
423

communal creation, as supposed characteristic of oral literature,
107

competition,
103
-
104

in children’s games,
299

in proverb telling,
342
,
399
,
402

in riddle asking,
402
-
403
,
318
,
425
,
427

composition

connection with performance,
11
,
100
-
101
,
106
,
107
,
137

among Chopi,
10

in Luo
nyatiti
songs,
100
-
101

in lyric,
252
,
258
,
260
,
262
,
263

in Southern Bantu panegyric,
129
-
130
,
136

in special purpose poetry,
202
,
214
,
218
,
227
,
228
,
231

in stories,
11

in Zambia,
261
,
262
.
See also
individual originality

Congo,
46
,
78
,
79
,
85
,
109
,
118
,
229
,
246
,
268
,
274
,
345
,
354
,
259
,
379
,
415
,
423
,
433
,
448
,
462
,
463
,
468
,
470

content,
471

nature and types of,
14

occasions and functions,
14
,
102

praise names in,
111
,
457

style,
7
,
160
-
161

Conti Rossini, C.,
54

Cook, P. A. W.,
126

Cope, T.,
140
,
255

Coptic,
92
,
165

Cornevin, R.,
108

Cornford, F.,
485

Coulon, V.,
xxx

Coupez, A.,
207

court musicians,
79
,
86
-
87

court poets,
7
,
52
,
84
-
86
,
88
,
89
,
90
-
91
,
94
,
98
,
105
,
111

Cronise, F. and Ward, H. W.,
33
,
308
,
363

Crowder,
517

Crowley, D. J.,
308

Cummins, S. L.,
245

cumulative story,
157

curses,
443
-
446

Curtin, P. D.,
31
,
34

Curtis, N.,
179
,
224
,
272

da Cruz, C,
87
,
457

dabteras,
165

Dadié, B.,
366

Dahle, P. B.,
215

Dahomey,
86
,
93
,
112
,
116
,
117
,
271
,
352
,
381
,
484

Dale, A. M.,
337
,
338
,
351
,
369
,
370
,
385
,
387
,
418
,
420
,
423
,
428

Dammann, E.,
36
,
41
,
53
,
168

dance

songs,
106
,
259
,
260
.
See also
action songs

in drama,
486
,
487
,
491
,
493
,
494
,
495
,
496
-
497
,
498
,
499
,
500

associated with elegiac poetry,
146

in hunting poetry,
217
,
222

associated with praise poetry,
140

in war songs,
204
,
205
,
209
,
210
,
214