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Recreating Words, Reshaping Worlds

The Verbal Art of Woman from Niger, Mali and Senegal

ISBN-13: 9780865438521

Contributor(s): Aissata Sidikou

Subjects: African Studies (Regional)

Publisher: Africa World Press

Publisher Imprint: Africa World Press

Publication Date: 01-06-2002

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£24.95

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About the book

A groundbreaking and unique study of the verbal art of women from three Sahelian societies and the way in which their voices relate to a broader literary, political and cultural context. Arguing that women in their verbal art create a ritual space that serves as the locus of both their creativity and their efforts to negotiate power as well as affirm their own selfhood, this book is unique in that it offers a new way of approaching oral literature in general.

Recreating Words, Reshaping Worlds

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