Karin Barber, Ph.D. (1979, University of Ife, Nigeria), is Professor of African Cultural Anthropology at the University of Birmingham. She has published extensively on Yoruba culture. Her most recent book is The Anthropology of Texts, Persons and Publics (Cambridge University Press, 2007).
Editorsâ Introduction ...................................................................................... vii
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................ xi
List of Illustrations .......................................................................................... xiii
A Note on the Text and Translation ......................................................... xv
Introduction: I.B. Thomas and the First Yoruba Novel ....................... 3
Itan Igbesi-Aiye Emi Sẹgilá»la, Ẹlẹyinâju Ẹgẹ, Ẹlẹgbẹrun á»ká» Lâaiye (by I.B. Thomas) .... 84
The Life History of Me, Sẹgilá»la, of the fascinating eyes (translation by Karin Barber) .... 85
Ancillary texts in Yoruba (by various authors) ..................................... 262
Ancillary texts in English (translation by Karin Barber) .................... 263
The Life Story of Me, Sẹgilá»la (translation serialised in Akede Eko, 1931â2) .................. 363
References ......................................................................................................... 413
Index ................................................................................................................... 417
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