Oral Literature in Africa (95 page)

Shona,
105
,
203
,
300
,
329
,
414
,
417
,
423
,
424

Shore, H. L.,
499

Sierra Leone,
99
,
116
,
119
,
216
,
285
,
313
,
331
-
333
,
335
,
346
,
435
,
438

Silla, O.,
99

Simmons, D. C.,
397
,
415
,
416
,
418
,
424
,
427

singer.
See
poet

Sklar, R. L.,
285

Smith, E. W.,
9
,
33
,
42
,
308
,
337
,
338
,
341
-
342
,
351
,
365
,
366
,
369
,
370
,
371
,
385
,
386
,
387
,
397
,
398
,
418
,
420
,
423
,
428

Smith, M. G.,
87
,
95
,
96
,
103
,
112
,
115
,
116
,
117

Snoxall, R. A.,
390

social anthropology.
See
anthropology

social background, in Africa generally,
50
,
55
-
56
,
58
,
200
,
312
,
320
-
321

sociology,

relevance of African oral literature for,
504

Sölken, H.,
361

solo, soloist, Ch. 4,
104
,
118

in Akan dirges,
151
,
161

in lyrics,
252
,
255
,
260

in religious songs,
178

solo songs,
106

in work songs,
202
,
227
,
228
,
229
,
230
,
232

See also
court poets; leader; poet, wandering

Somali,
xxxi
,
74
,
75
,
79
,
100
,
105
,
172
,
205
,
237
,
242
,
277
,
289
,
506

Somaliland,
106

Songhai,
53
,
180

songs,
236

as lyric poems, Ch. 9

connected with proverbs,
381
,
382

in speeches,
433
-
434

song-riddles,
419
,
426

in stories,
374
,
375
.
See also
poetry

Soninke,
118

Soolima,
36

Sotho,
60
,
61
,
84
,
104
,
115
,
121
,
122
,
124
,
125
,
127
,
128
,
130
,
131
,
133
,
135
,
138
,
143
,
185
,
231
,
273
,
336
,
337
,
386
,
415

Soudan,
494

sound system in Bantu languages,
68
-
69

source for,
506

South Africa,
xxxi
,
121
,
125
,
143
,
224
,
274
,
344
,
384

South West Africa,
77
,
117

Southern Rhodesia,
165
,
211
,
224
,
225
,
232
,
260
,
423

Sow, A. I.,
47
,
53
,
74

Spanish Guinea,
109

speeches,
285
,
373
,
426
,
432
,
438
,
439
,
440
,
443
,
451

Spider, as central figure in stories,
329
,
334
,
335
,
336
,
337
,
369
,
374

Spiess, C,
35
,
465

St. John-Parsons, D.,
358

Stappers, L.,
72
,
337
,
365
,
370
,
447

Stead, W. G.,
225

Steere, E.,
237
,
374

Stefaniszyn, B.,
220
,
221
,
222
,
223

Stern, T.,
484

Stilz, E. B.,
397

Stopa, R.,
244
,
271
,
300

stories

absence of music in,
76

composition,
375

functions of,
321
,
364
-
365
,
366

‘modern’ themes in,
49
,
57
,
142
,
265
-
266
,
289
,
393

occasions for,
362
,
363
,
364
,
365

in oratory,
438
,
479

over-emphasis on study of,
308

about people,
344
-
345
,
351

performance of,
333
,
346
,
270
-
371
,
373

story-teller,
9
,
238
,
308
,
313
-
317
,
346
,
363
,
364
,
368
-
369
,
370
-
371
,
373

study of, Ch. 12,
308
,
309
,
310

style of,
375
.

See also
Animal stories; Myths; Prose narratives.

story-teller,
11
,
308
,
313
-
317
,
346
,
363
,
364
,
368
,
369
,
370
-
371
,
373
,
375
-
376
,
487
-
488

as song leader,
375

stress, as factor in prosody,
73
,
75

in Southern Bantu pangyric,
75
,
128
,
129

structural analysis,
321
,
421
,
503
.
See also
functional approach

structural-functional.
See
functional approach

Stuart, J.,
385
,
386
,
402

Stuhardt, J. G.,
387

style

of Akan dirges,
5
,
156
-
157
,
160

in Ambo hunting songs,
221
-
222

of Busman hymns,
177
-
178

in Limba curses,
443
,
444
,
445

in Luo
oigo
,
249
-
252

of lyrics generally,
238
,
252

‘miniature’ forms of Somali
balwo,
247

in oratory,
434
,
435
,
437
-
438
,
439
,
441
,
442

of praise poetry,
121
,
127
-
128
,
131

in proverbs,
383
,
387
,
388
-
392
,
395
,
398
-
399
,
407

of
qene
92
,

in religious poetry,
165
-
166
,
167
,
168
,
169
,
172
,
182
,
183
-
184
,
188
-
191
,
200

in riddles,
414
,
415
-
416
,
421
,
422
,
423
,
428

of Southern Bantu praise poetry,
116
,
117
,
120
-
122
,
126
-
127
,
132
,
141

in story-telling,
238

in work songs,
230
,
232

Suaheli.
See
Swahili

Sudan region,
52

Sudan,
52
,
94
,
105
,
297
,
300
,
360

Sudanese action songs,
300
-
303

Sudanic languages,
59

Sundkler, B. G.,
275

Susu,
281

Swahili
tenzi,
168
-
172
,
173
,
207
,
224
,
292
,
368
,
374
,
381
,
385
,
389
,
395
,
452

Swahili,
46
,
53
,
58
,
69
,
73
,
92
,
107
,
166
,
168
,
172
,
231

Swanepoel, C. F.,
528

Swazi,
121
,
125
,
208
,
298

syntax, Bantu,
65

takhmis,
74

Tanganyika, Tanzania,
103
,
248
,
269
,
271
,
289

Tanghe, J.,
229

Tardy, L.,
402
,
425

Tarsitani, B. A.,
xxx

tasmit,
74

Taylor, G. A.,
203
,
300

Taylor, W. E.,
31
,
381
,
385
,
390

Tedlock, D.,
xxvii

tegble,
202

Tegnaeus, H.,
308
,
41

television,
22

Temne,
329
,
363

Ten Raa, E.,
427

tenzi,
168
,
169
,
172

Terrisse, A.,
358

Tescaroli, L.,
148
,
203
-
204

Tetela,
397

Tew, M.,
432

texts, collections of

in Congo,
46
,
447

emphasis on in nineteenth century,
30
-
36

over-emphasis on,
49

See also
recording

Theal, G.,
385

themes

of Akan dirges,
152
-
154
,
155

in animal stories,
186
,
329
,
335
,
337
-
338
,
341
,
342
,
343

in hunting poetry,
216
,
218
,
220
,
222

in Islamic religious poetry,
169
,
206

of lyrics,
241
-
242
,
244
,
245
,
246
,
247

in mantic poetry,
185
-
187

of praise poetry,
207

of proverbs,
382
,
398
,
399
,
403
,
409

in riddles,
424

in stories about people,
344
-
345
,
351

in work songs,
228
,
229

Theuws, F.,
447
,
449
-
451

Thiam,
366

Thomas, N. W.,
15
,
297

Thompson, Stith,
312
,
318
,
319

Thonga,
11
,
67
,
384
,
385
,
386
,
389
,
392
,
393
,
398
,
415
,
416
,
422
,
424
,
456

tifinagh
script,
54

Tigre,
74

Timannee.
See
Temne

Tiv,
272

Tlokwa,
418
,
422
,
423
,
425
,
426

Togo,
35

tone riddles,
72
,
416
,
427

tone,
59
,
70
-
71
,
256

in drum language,
6
,
71
,
467
-
468
,
469
,
473

as prosodic factor,
73
,
160

in proverbs,
6
,
390
,
407

relationship of sung and spoken tone,
71
,
256
-
257
,
258

in riddles,
416
,
417

tonal structure in poetry,
71
,
72

Tonga,
104
,
147
,
296
,
414

tongue twisters,
297
,
451

Topan, F.,
xxx
,
183

topical literature

elegies,
147

neglect of,
18
,
40
,
41
,
44
,
49
,
265
,
266
,
289
,
505
,
506