African Battle Traditions of Insult : Verbal Arts, Song-Poetry, and Performance Hardback
Edited by Tanure Ojaide
Part of the African Histories and Modernities series
Hardback
Description
This book explores the “battles” of words, songs, poetry, and performance in Africa and the African Diaspora.
These are usually highly competitive, artistic contests in which rival parties duel for supremacy in poetry composition and/or its performance.
This volume covers the history of this battle tradition, from its origins in Africa, especially the udje and halo of the Urhobo and Ewe respectively, to its transportation to the Americas and the Caribbean region during the Atlantic slave trade period, and its modern and contemporary manifestations as battle rap or other forms of popular music in Africa.
Almost everywhere there are contemporary manifestations of the more traditional, older genres.
The book is thus made up of studies of contests in which rivals duel for supremacy in verbal arts, song-poetry, and performance as they display their wit, sense of humor, and poetic expertise.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:318 pages, 2 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 318 p. 2 illus.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:27/04/2023
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- ISBN:9783031156168
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:318 pages, 2 Illustrations, black and white; XVII, 318 p. 2 illus.
- Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG
- Publication Date:27/04/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9783031156168
