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Yoruba Myths
This mysterious, poetic and often amusing collection of myths illustrates the religion and thought of the West African Yoruba People.
Weighing the Cost of Pin-making
Interviews with: Ibrahim El Salahi, Rowland Abiodun, Biodun Jeyifo, Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Sophie Oluwole, Richard Olaniyan, Olu Obafemi, Femi Bodunrin, all conducted by Beier.
The Origin of Life and Death
This is a collection of creation myths from West, East, Central and North Africa.
The Hunter Thinks the Monkey is Not Wise-- the Monkey is Wise, But He Has His Own Logic
Collection of essays written in the early 1950s in Nigeria and others as late as the 1990s in Australia and the USA on a wide range of subjects. Includes ethnographic and sociological information, historical and mythical accounts, rituals, kingship, songs and status of children in Yoruba society.
Not Even God Is Ripe Enough
Collected by Yoruba poet Bakare Gbadamosi and scholar Ulli Beier, Not Even God Is Ripe Enough is a mesmerising collection of traditional oral stories and lighthearted Yoruba fables.Including stories such as 'Kindness won't kill you but it can give you a lot of worries', 'He who shits on the road will meet flies on his return' and 'You can fool others but can you fool yourself?' Not Even God is Ripe Enough is a wide-ranging selection of amusing Yoruba proverbs and tales of magical realism. From bizarre stories of talking animals to wise parables passed down from generation to generation, these stories are full of surprising twists, humour, and the surreal.
European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa
The first major comparative study of African writing in western languages, European-language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, edited by Albert S. Gérard, falls into four wide-ranging sections: an overview of early contacts and colonial developments "Under Western Eyes"; chapters on "Black Consciousness" manifest in the debates over Panafricanism and Negritude; a group of essays on mental decolonization expressed in "Black Power" texts at the time of independence struggles; and finally "Comparative Vistas," sketching directions that future comparative study might explore. An introductory e.
