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African Battle Traditions of Insult

Verbal Arts, Song-Poetry, and Performance

Tanure Ojaide

Palgrave Macmillan
Collection: African Histories and Modernities
Publication date : 2023-04-26

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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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Author

Tanure Ojaide

Imprint

Palgrave Macmillan

Collection

African Histories and Modernities

Publication date

2023-04-26

Pages

318 pages

Print ISBN

9783031156168

Language

English

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9783031156175

Price

£129.50

Copy count 3

Print count 31

File size 6400 Ko

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9783031156175

Price

£129.50

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Print count 31

File size 1587 Ko

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