Oral Literature in Africa (94 page)

praise poetry,
6
,
9
,
49
,
57
,
68
,
84
,
85
,
91
,
108
-
109
, Ch. 5,
111
,
115
,
116
,
117
,
118
,
120
,
121
,
125
,
134
,
139
,
140
,
141
,
142

prayers,
446
-
450
,
460

Présenceafricaine,
43

Prietze, R.,
35
,
115

Prince, R.,
198

printing,
20
,
21

professional jesters,
453

professional orators,
434

professional poets,
52
,
84
,
93
-
94
,
95
,
96
,
352
.
See also
court poets

professional story-tellers,
363
,
425

Propp, V.,
3
,
376

Prose, Part II

absence of music in,
76

contrasted with poetry,
xxxii
,
76
-
77
,
78

difficulty of distinguishing from verse,
75
.
See also
Prose narratives

prose narratives, Chs.
12
,
13
,
49
,
312

in Ifa literature,
193

over-emphasis on,
41
,
42
,
48
,
307
-
308

study of, Ch.12,
308
,
309
,
310
,
321
,
322
,
323
-
323
,
324
,
325
,
369
,
378

evolutionist approach to,
309
,
310
,
311
,
321

diffusionist approach to,
311
,
313
,
317
,
318
,
320
,
321

attempts to classify,
312
,
318
,
319
,
320
,
324
,
352
,
353
-
354
,
356

See also
stories; historical narratives; myths

prosody, in African verse,
73

in Akan dirges,
160

Arabic influences in,
73
,
74

in Bantu languages,
75

in Hausa Song of Bagaudu,
168

in Southern Bantu panegyric,
75
,
128

Prouteaux, M.,
493

proverb names,
381
,
387
,
457
-
459

proverb-poems
25
,
381

proverb-riddles,
380
,
381
,
413
,
417
-
418
,
427

proverbs, Ch. 14

absence of music in,
76

among Azande,
381
,
398
,
399
,
409

collections of,
392

concept of,
379
,
380
,
381
,
382
,
383

drum proverbs,
25
,
381
,
382
,
391
,
402
,
462
,
468
,
473
-
474
,
482

among Jabo,
78
,
381
,
394
,
405
-
406
,
407

occasions and functions,
384
,
385
,
395
-
397
,
398
-
399
,
400
-
401
,
402
,
404
-
405
,
407
,
408
,
410

in oratory,
381
,
395
,
432
,
438
,
441

praise names in,
381
,
405

significance,
379
,
380
,
383
,
408
,
410
-
411

similarity to riddles,
381
,
402
,
413
. S
ee also
Proverb-riddles

in stories,
366

structure and style,
383
,
387
,
388
-
392
,
395
,
398
-
399
,
406
-
407

subject-matter,
392
,
393
-
394
,
395
,
408
-
409

tone in,
390
,
407

among Zulu,
69
,
381
,
386
,
387
,
389
,
394
,
399
,
401
,
402
,
404
,
407
-
408
,
409
.
See also
proverb names; proverb-poems

psychological functions of literature,
43
,
455
.
See also
functions of oral literature

puns,
452
,
453

Puplampu, D. A.,
202

Pygmies,
356
,
363
,
364

qasidah,
74,
168

quantity, as factor in prosody,
73

Radcliffe-Brown, A. R.,
40
,
321

Radin, P.,
352
,
364

radio,
184
,
238
,
506

Ras-al-ghul,
169

Rattray, R. S.,
244
,
382
,
385
,
393
,
394
,
402
,
479

Raum, O. F.,
400
,
419
,
427

Rautenbach, S. C. H.,
313

recitative,
218
,
238
,
374

recording of oral literature,
15
,
328

Reichard, G.,
45

religion

significance in Kalabari masquerades,
497
,
498
,
499

as subject in stories,
256

types of in Africa,
52
.
See also
myths; religious poetry

religious poetry, Ch. 7,
92
,
177
,
184
-
185
,
455

types of,
165
,
166
,
199
,
392
-
393

Christian influence on,
165
,
200

didactic and narrative,
167
,
168
,
200

Fante Methodist lyrics,
78
,
182
-
183

generalisations about,
199
,
200

hymns,
49
,
92
,
166
,
173
,
176
,
181
,
200
,
275

incantations,
451

mantic poetry,
183
,
184
,
187

Sotho divining verse,
184
,
185

Swahili
tenzi,
168
,
169
,
171
-
172

Yoruba Ifa poetry,
187
-
190
,
198
,
478

repetition

in Akan dirges,
160

in Bushman hymns,
178

in curses,
444

indrum literature,
469
,
474

in lyrics,
236
,
238
,
239
,
244
,
253
,
255

in prayers,
447
,
448

in proverbs,
389

in religious poetry,
177
,
180
,
183

in Southern Bantu panegyric,
128
,
130

in speeches,
439

in work songs,
230
,
232
.
See also
parallelism

rhetoric.
See
oratory

rhythm

in children’s poetry,
292
,
294

in curses,
444

as factor in prosody,
75
,
77

in lyrics,
256
,
257

in masquerades,
497
-
498

in prayers,
446
,

in proverbs,
384
,
391
,
408

Rhodes, W.,
x
,
265
,
274
-
275
,
277
,
286
,
287

Rhodesia.
See
Southern Rhodesia

Rhodesia and Nyasaland, University College, library of,
xxvii
,
xxxv

rhyme

East African rhyming area,
74

as factor in prosody,
73
,
74

in proverbs
390
,
409

tone as substitute for,
6
,
72

in Swahili
tenzi
,
172

Ricard, A.,
xxx

riddles

content,
423
-
424

nature and types of,
414
,
415
,
417
,
419
,
421

occasions and functions,
425
,
426
,
427
,
428

praise names in,
418
,
423

style,
414
,
415
-
416
,
421
,
423
,
428

Riesz. J.,
xxx

Ripp, O.,
387
,
393
,
394
,
404

Roberts, J.,
276

Robinson, C. H.,
145

Rodegem, F.,
432

Roger, J. F.,
30
,
308
,
371

Ronga,
236

Roscoe, J.,
87
,
233

Rossini, C. Conti,
54

Rouch, J.,
179
,
180

Rouget, G.,
44
,
97
,
256

Rozi,
122

Rwanda, Ruanda,
8
,
45
,
79
,
88
,
89
-
90
,
106
,
116
,
117
,
122
,
201
,
207
,
363

Rundi,
294
,
379
,
435
,
436
,
437
,
438
,
439

Russian,
19
,
60

Rycroft, D.,
xxxv
,
128
,
129
,
136
,
142

Sachs, J.,
288

Sacleux, C.,
452

salutations,
451
,
455
,
460

by drums,
116
,
118
,
461
,
462
,
482

Samarin, W. J.,
456
,
73

Sandawe,
530

Sanger, C,
272

sanza,
409
,
410

satire, satirical,
272
,
276
,
337
,
341
,
373
,
386
,
398
,
458
,
490
,
493
,
496
.
See also
drama; Mande comedies,
490
-
493
,
494
,
500

Savard, G. C.,
215

Sayers, E. F.,
167

Scandinavian,
41
,
318
,
321

Schachter, R.,
281
,
282
,
283
,
284
,
285

Schapera, I.,
125
,
130
,
132
,
137
,
138
,
423
,
424
,
425
,
428
,
488

Schechner, R.,
xxvii

Scheub, H.,
xxxix

Schipper,
xxx

Schlenker, C. F.,
31

Schneider,
484
,
257

Schön, J. F.,
31

School of Oriental (and African) Studies,
xxix
,
37
,
47

Schtirle, G.,
252

Schulien,
201

Scott, C. T.,
421

Sechuana.
See
Tswana

secret societies,
201
,
494
,
495

Seidel, A.,
33
,
35

Sékou Touré,
281
,
282
-
283
,
284
,
285

Sempebwa, E. K. K.,
236
,
246
,
299

Senegambia,
97
,
98
,
99

Senegal,
30
,
165
,
285

Senghor, L. S.,
43

sermons,
451
,
464

Seydou, C.,
xxx
,
xxxii
,
74

Shaka,
111
,
123
,
125
,
127
,
133
,
141
,
208
,
408

Shakespeare,
311

Shangana-Tsonga, Shangaan
See
Thonga

Shango,
174

Sherzer, J.,
xxvii

Shi,
246
,
268

Shilluk,
203
-
204
,
301
,
303