A Dictionary of Oral Literature

Aetiological Agikuyu aliya animal Appendix Apuoyo artist Bukenya Chain Rhyme Challenge character Chiasmus child Chorus Circumcision Song classification Climax coinage culture dictionary Doondari Elegy elephant epic epic of Sundiata especially Example expression fairy fantasy genre Griot hahe Head Rhyme hero Ideophone Igbo Imagery Improvisation Internal Formula Kaji inko kidhe Kisii Laleyo language legends Let the house literary Luo Kenya Maasai Mapanje meaning meant Metaphor Metaphrase Moon moral myths narrative or poem narrator Nigeria Nkararo ogre Onomatopoeia Opening Formula Oral Literature material oral material Oral Poetry Orature Otien'g Panegyric person poem or song Poetry from Africa praise prose proverb recited response Rhyme Riddling Cycle Satire saying scholars short fixed forms Sigana go singing social sound Stock Character story or poem style sub-genres sung Swahili Symbolism Tale hit Theories of Oral Translation Trickster tshe Ulli Beier usually Verse Wacu warrior words Zulu