Oral Literature in Africa (92 page)

love songs,
229
,
246
,
248
,
249
-
250

music in,
249
,
250

occasions for,
247
,
249

religious,
248
,

themes of,
246
,
247
.
See also
Christian lyrics

Lovedu,
121

Lozi,
228

Luba,
58
,
72
,
79
,
336
,
337
,
369
,
370
,
379
,
380
,
415
,
447

Luganda.
See
Ganda

Lugbara,
361

Lukas, J.,
35
,
426

Lullabies,
104
,
105
,
255
,
291
-
293

Lulua,
65

Lunda,
354
,
355

Luo,
107
,
149
,
249
,
335

Luthuli, Chief,
274

Luvale,
415
,
416

Lyele,
423
,
462
,
472

lyrics,
44
,
235
,
237
-
239
,
254
,
256
, Ch. 9

composition in,
252
,
258
,
259
,
262

connection with hunting songs,
221
,
222
,
223

with military poetry,
202
,
203
,
205

form and style of,
239
,
239
,
252
,
253
,
255
,
258

love songs,
256

music in,
256
,
260

occasions for,
235
,
236
,
237
,
259

religious,
183

themes of,
241
-
242
,
244
,
245
,
246
,
247
.
See also
Christian lyrics

Mabale,
105
,
229
,
374

Mabogunje, A.,
270

MacCulloch, J. A.,
38

Macdonald, D.,
241
,
354

Mackenzie, A. S.,
38

McLaren J.,
384
,
386
,
387
,
393
,
394
,
403

McLuhan,
21

Macrosudanic language group,
59

Madan, A. C.,
63

Madumere, A.,
270

Maes, J.,
358

Maes, V.,
335

magic, magical,
39
,
179
-
180
,
181
,
187
,
199
,
202
,
217

Makua,
416
,
419
,
422
,
424
,
426

Malawi,
79
,
121
,
141
,
204
,
272
,
277
,
285
,
292
,
345
,
354

Mali,
490
,
494

Malinke.
See
Mandingo

Mande,
96
,
97
,
489
,
492
,
494

Malcolm, D.,
385
,
386
,
402

Mandingo,
53
,
116
,
172
,
490

Mandinka.
See
Mandingo

Mandishona, G.,
122

Mangoaela, Z. D.,
141

Mantic poetry.
See
Religious poetry,
maroka

Mapanje, J.,
xxx

maroka,
87
,
103
,
116

marriage

songs connected with,
150
,
243
,
245
,
246
,
393
,
440
.
See also
wedding songs

Marshall L.,
215
-
216

Masai,
205
,
294

Mashona.
See
Shona

masquerades,
201
,
485
,
494
,
496
.
See also
drama

Matswa,
274

Mau Mau,
280
,
281

hymns,
181
,
275
,
277
-
278
,
280
-
281

Maupoil, B.,
187
,
199

Mavuso,
126

Mayr, F.,
386

Mayssal, H.,
247

Mba,
473

Mbala,
433

Mbete,
297
,
299
,
426

Mbiti,
351
,
368

Mbole (Bambuli),
522

Mboro,
317

Mbundu,
413

McLaren, J.,
384
,
386
,
387
,
393
,
394
,
403

McLuhan, M.,
21

Meeussen, A. E.,
382
,
397

Meillassoux, C.,
118

Meinhof, C.,
35
,
308

Melanesia,
179

memorization,
10
,
12
,
53
,
85
,
90
,
187
,
197
,
352
,
451

Mende,
362

Mensah, A. A.,
182

Merriam, A. P.,
246
,
268

Merrick, G.,
111
,
418

Merwe, D. F. v. d.,
142
,
143
,
244
,
245

Messenger, J. C,
396
,
397
,
402
,
418
,
426
,
427
,
431
,
433
,
495

Messing, S. D.,
453

metaphor.
See
figurative expression

Methodist,
182
,
183
,
275

metre,
73
,
128
,
258
,
407

absence of,
75

as prosodic factor,
73
.
See also
prosody

Middleton, J.,
361
,
455
,
457

Migeod, F. W. H.,
167

Milembwe,
446
,
447

military poetry,
201
,
202
,
203
,
207
,
209
,
212
,
213
,
214
,
215
,
274

Akan,
102
,
207
,
211
,
274

as drum poems,
211
,
277

Nguni,
207
,
208
,
210
-
211

occasions of,
202
,
204
,
206
,
207
,
209
,
214

recent uses of,
207
,
210
,
214
-
215

Miqdad,
169

Mischlich, A.,
167

Mitchell, J. C.,
269

mmoki,
138

Mofokeng, S. M.,
xxvii
,
128
,
130
,
131
,
132
,
133
,
134
,
137
,
140

Mohamadou, E.,
92
,
167
,
359

Mohammed,
169

Mongo,
63
,
109
,
380
,
394
,
402
,
404

Monod, Th.,
167

Monteil, C.,
526

Monteil, V.,
52

Moore, G.,
151

moralizing

in proverbs,
380
,
381
,
405

in speeches,
440
,
441

in stories,
366
-
367

Morgan, L. H.,
309

morphology, language,
59

in Bantu languages,
61

Morris, H. F.,
115
,
119
,
121
,
125
,
207
,
463

Morton-Williams, P.,
187

Moru,
297

Moses,
169

Moshesh,
124
,
130

motif,
130
,
155
,
173
,
312
,
313
,
317
,
333
,
369
.
See also
themes

motif indexing,
312

Moyo, S. P. C.,
526

Mpama-Bakutu,
304

Mpongwe,
329

Mqhayi,
ii

Mulford, D. C,
287

Muller, Max,
37

Mulokozi, M.,
xxx
,
xxxii

Munonga, A.,
215

Murray, D. J.,
xxxv
,
20
,
55
,
139
,
505

Murray, K. C.,
489
,
494

music

in African literature,
6
,
7
,
76

in Akan dirges,
5
-
6
,
160
-
161

different words to same tune,
239

in
ijala
,
6
,
72
,
218

in lyric poetry,
7
,
76
,
256
, Ch. 9

in panegyric,
136

in relgious songs,
169
,
178
,
182
,
183

in stories,
375

in Swahili
tenzi
,
169

in work songs,
228
,
232

musical setting as prosodic factor,
75

‘Music of Africa’ series.
See
African Music Society

musicologists,
75
,
234
,
256

Muslim.
See
Islam

Mutesa,
114

Muyaka,
381

mvet
,
109
,
110
,
506

MwanaKupona
,
utendiwa
,
171

Mwera,
417

Mynors, T. H. B.,
297
-
298

mythopoeic,
47
,
503

myths,
xxxii
,
167
,
173
,
187
,
319
,
321
,
322
,
323
,
351
-
355
,
356
-
357
,
373

Nadel, S. F.,
120

Nakene, G.,
418
,
422
,
425

Namaqa Hottentot,
33
-
34

names,
350
,
463

in Akan dirges,
152
-
153
,
156
,
157
,
159
,
160
,
457

drum names,
472
-
473

functions of,
455
-
457
,
459
,
460
-
461
,
463

proverb names,
399
387
,
458
,
462
See also
praise names

narrative

absence of music in,
76

ideophones in,
367

in military poetry,
66

in praise poetry,
121
,
133

in religious poetry,
192

syntax in,
65
.
See also
prose narrative

narrator.
See
poet, story-teller

Nassau, R. H.,
375

nature,
185

as theme: in lyrics,
241
,
248

in panegyric,
117
,
132
,
135

in riddles,
424

Ndau,
178
,
272
,
386

Ndebele,
132
,
208
,
289
,
362
,
385
,
386
,
390

Négritude,
43
,
366

Nettl, B.,
10
,
36
,
263
,
304

Newell, S.,
xxx

Ngala,
422
,
423

Ngandu Nkashama, P.,
xxx

Ngoni,
79
,
121
,
125
,
141
,
149
,
150
,
204
,
208
,
210
,
292

Ngubane, J. K.,
137

Nguni,
69
,
121
,
207
,
381

Ngwana,
141

Niane, D. T.,
108

Nicolas, F.,
54

Nicolas, F. J.,
418
,
429
,
460
,
462

Niger,
117
,
473
,
489

Niger-Congo language group,
58

Nigeria,
79
,
93
,
114
,
119
,
224
,
285
,
289
,
336
,
365
,
415
,
418
,
423
,
426
,
431
,
461
,
472
,
473
,
475
,
484
,
485
,
489
,
494

Nile,
59
,
73

Nilo-Hemitic,
59
,
379