Oral Literature in Africa (89 page)

in work songs,
226
,
227
,
228
,
231
,
232

dance songs,
231
,
254
,
259
,
260
.
See also
action songs

Danquah, J. B.,
434

Dauphin-Tinturier A.,
xxx

de Aranzadi, I. X.,
429

de Clercq, A.,
358

de Dampierre, E.,
47
,
94
,
107
,
263

de Foucauld, C.,
54
,
74

de Ganay, S.,
461

de Pélichy, A. G.,
451

de Rop, A.,
109

de Vries, J.,
108

death,
146
,
149
,
150
,
152
-
153
,
155
,
162
,
113
,
440

in proverbs,
393

in stories,
329

deities,
52
,
65
,
93
,
102
,
112
,
173
,
188
,
191
,
319
,
352
,
359
,
478

in stories,
165
,
178
,
181
,
182
.
See also
myths

Delafosse, M.,
203
,
487
,
490
,
492
,
493

Deng, F.,
105

Denisoff, R. S.,
265

Dennett, R. E.,
368

Denny, S. R.,
228

derivative verbal forms,
62
-
63
,
65

Derive, J.,
xxxi
,
xxxii
,
xxxiii
,
xxxix

Dewar, E. H.,
414

Dahle, P. G.,
215

Dhlomo, H. I. E.,
134
,
140
,
141
,
208
,
216
,
249

dialogue

in bird songs,
243

in children’s games, etc.,
297
-
298
,
299

in hunting song,
218

in lyrics,
252
,
253
,
254

in riddles,
414
,
415
,
417
,
418
,
426

in stories,
317
,
368
,
369
.
See also
antiphony; leader

Didinga,
201

Dieng, B.,
xxx
,
xxxii

Dieterlen, G.,
199
,
200

diffusionism,
41
,
311
,
312
,
313

Dijkmans, J. J.,
363

dilemma story,
318
,
320
,
413
,
420

Dingane,
127

Dinka,
105
,
176
,
204
,
245
,
301
,
463

Diop, A. B.,
xxxii

Diop, B.,
97
,
99

Dipumba,
523

dirge.
See
Akan dirges

domestic songs.
See
work songs

Dogon,
77
,
269
,
276
,
293
,
295
,
296
,
299
,
300
,
353
,
355
,
364
,
457

Doke, C. M.,
60
,
62
,
69
,
334
,
337
,
371
,
374
,
379
,
414
,
424
,
425
,
426
,
431
,
488

on style of proverbs,
380
,
381
,
383
,
386
,
388
,
389
,
390
,
394
,
395
,
397

Doke collection,
xxvii
,
xxxix
,
383

Donohugh, A. C. L.,
363

Dorson, R. M.,
30

drama,
xxxii
,
485
-
487
,
490
,
491
,
493
-
494
,
497
-
498
,
499
-
501

Drewal, T.,
xxvii

Driberg, J. H.,
201

drinking songs,
237

drum literature,
78
,
467
-
470
,
482
,
483
-
484

names,
457
,
463
,
472
-
473

in announcements,
470
-
472

as history,
470
,
473
,
479
-
481
,
482

limitations of,
483

as panegyric,
470
,
473
,
475
-
477
,
482

principles of drum language,
468
,
469
-
470
,
484
-
484

in rituals,
482

Drum proverbs,
381
,
382
,
391
,
402
,
468
,
473
-
474
,
484

Dschagganeger.
See
Chaga

du Toit, B. M.,
429

Duala,
36
,
252
,
484

Dufays, F.,
236

Dundes, A.,
421

Dunning, R. G.,
242
,
243
,
244
,
387
,
408

Dupire, M. and Tressan, L.,
428

dyalo,
97

dynastic poetry,
89
,
90
,
106
,
116
,
122

Dzalamo.
See
Zaramo

Earthy, D.,
252

East Africa,
52
,
94
,
100
,
103
,
168
,
265
,
330
,
344
,
259
,
363
,
463

East African rhyming area,
74

as factor in prosody,
74

in proverbs,
390

tone as substitute for,
390

in Swahili
tenzi,
172

East Central Africa,
121
,
427

East, R.,
361

Ebding, F.,
35
,
36

Echegaray, C. G.,
110

Economic position

of poets, Ch. 4,
83
,
89
,
91
,
101
,
105
,
108
,
120

of story-tellers,
308
,
363
,
364

Edo,
15

education,

as possible function,
47
,
321
,
365
,
366

in proverbs,
400
,
401

in riddles,
427
-
428

in stories,
365
.
See also
moralizing

Effimbra, G.,
272
,
391

Efik,
72
,
415
,
418
,
427

Egudu, R. N.,
201
,
459

Eiselen, W. M.,
184

Ekine
society,
496
,
497
,
498
,
499
,
500

Ela.
See
Ifa

Elegy, Elegiac poetry,
145
, Ch. 6

distribution and nature of,
145
-
147

Akan dirges: content and themes,
5
-
6
,
148
,
152
-
154
,
155
,
162
,
163

structure and style,
147

delivery,
146
,
159
,
161
,
162

occasions and functions,
146
,
149
,
161

Luo
nyatiti
laments,
100
-
101
,
103
,
107
,
381

Ellenberger, V.,
131
,
132

Ellis, A. B.,
146
,
148
,
368
,
387
,
396
,
397
,
452

Ellison, R. E.,
489

Emsheimer, E.,
237

Endemann, C.,
415

Englebrecht, J. A.,
298

enigma,
413
,
419

Ennis, E. L.,
381
,
390
,
457

entertainment

in proverbs,
402
-
403

in riddles
413
,
426
,
427

in stories,
341
,
353
,
354
,
355
,
361
,
365

epic

in Africa,
xxxi
,
xxxii
,
108
,
109
,
110

‘epic laws’,
3

Swahili
tenzi,
108
,
170
,
172

epigram,
391
,
402
,
413
,
420
,
428
,
454

Equilbecq, F. V.,
42
,
73
,
308
,
363

Eshu-Elegba,
173

Ethiopia,
54
,
59
,
74
,
94
,
98
-
99
,
147
,
165
,
216

European languages in Africa,
57
,
59
,
92

Evans-Pritchard, E. E.,
xxxv
,
104
,
105
,
234
,
337
,
354
,
379
,
409
-
410
,
463

Evheer.
See
Ewe

evolutionism,
40
,
57
,
309
-
311

Ewe,
71
,
72
,
232
,
254
,
259
,
368
,
387

Ezeigbo, T. A.,
xxx

Fali,
520

Fang,
88
,
109
,
335
,
364
,
402
,
423
,
425

Fante, Fanti,
182
,
183
,
211
,
382
,
395
,
401
,
402

Fardon, R.,
xxx

Farias, P. F.,
xxvii
,
xxx

Fell, J. R.,
414

Fernandez, J. W.,
365

fiction, fictional,
207

tales distinct from historical narratives,
357
-
358

distinct from ‘myths’,
319
,
321
-
322
,
352
,
353
. See also
stories

figurative expression,
112
-
114
,
117
,
133

in names,
350
,
355
,
458
,
460
,
463

in oratory,
438
,
441
,
455

in prayers,
446
,
447
,
448
,
449

in proverbs,
380
,
384
,
385
,
388

in religious poetry,
112
-
114

in riddles,
421

in Somali
balwo
,
247

in Southern Bantu panegyric,
117
,
122
,
127
,
131
,
132
,
200
.
See also
praise names

Finland, Finnish,
311

Finnegan, A.,
xxxv

Finnegan, R. H.,
238
,
271
,
443

Fisher, J. L.,
365

Fivaz, D.,
67

Fjort,
368

Fletcher, R. S.,
112
,
201
,
247
,
420
,
429
,
451
,
453
,
455

Foley, J. Miles,
xxvii

folk songs,
259

folklore,
xxviii
,
29
,
32
,
39
,
41
-
42
,
49
,
309

folktales,
307
,
310
,
312

European,
32
,
235

contrasted to myths,
353
,
354
,
355
. See also
fiction

Fon,
93
,
173
,
352
,
353
,
355
,
403
,
457
,
459

formulae, in stories,
368
,
369

Fortune, G.,
xxvii
,
66
,
414
,
415
,
417
,
423
,
424
,
427

Frazer, J. G.,
309
,
485

Freeman, R. A.,
431
,
434

French Soudan,
490

French

concept of ‘griot’,
97

language in Africa,
59

scholars,
37
,
43
,
47
.
See also
Négritude

Freud,
46

Frobenius, L.,
36
,
308
,
335

Fuchs, H.,
35

Fula.
See
Fulani

Fulani,
53
,
73
,
77
,
84
,
87
,
97
,
98
,
107
,
172
,
201
,
380
,
387
,
391
,
393
,
394
,
414
,
415
,
416
,
417
,
420
,
422
,
452
,
454