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This is the third collection produced by members of a six-year research project, funded by the NUFU (Norwegian Programme for Development, Research, and Education), whose concern was to find, preserve, and analyse âoratureâ â spoken forms of all kinds, both their unique qualities and their equivalence in importance to âliteratureâ. A major focus was the ways in which forms of orature can be made relevant to the demands of rapidly developing nations faced with insistent problems (HIV/AIDS, administrative needs, shifts in social and familial structure, the changing roles of women).
Both innovative and archival, the essays explore older legends and modern performances to outline their positive and dynamic contribution to a protean society. Some contributors address the ways in which traditional forms may be adapted: e.g., via new media to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic and to educate children in social and individual responsibility. Traditional narratives and childrenâs songs can function to counter cannibalism and child sacrifice.
Less dark aspects of contemporary society also receive attention. Traditional patterns of leadership are adapted to todayâs conditions, especially by offering women models in the form of earlier figures and their actions. Two essays analyse the use of proverbs in the speeches of political candidates and discussing traditional music festivals as celebrations of traditional kingship and rule. Others examine the nature and operation of specific forms of orature â riddles and their subtle alteration according to performer and audience; concepts of heroism; stories of origin; and variants of âLittle Red Riding Hoodâ. These sensitive analyses are framed by pieces from members of the research project in Norway and Uganda.
Both innovative and archival, the essays explore older legends and modern performances to outline their positive and dynamic contribution to a protean society. Some contributors address the ways in which traditional forms may be adapted: e.g., via new media to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic and to educate children in social and individual responsibility. Traditional narratives and childrenâs songs can function to counter cannibalism and child sacrifice.
Less dark aspects of contemporary society also receive attention. Traditional patterns of leadership are adapted to todayâs conditions, especially by offering women models in the form of earlier figures and their actions. Two essays analyse the use of proverbs in the speeches of political candidates and discussing traditional music festivals as celebrations of traditional kingship and rule. Others examine the nature and operation of specific forms of orature â riddles and their subtle alteration according to performer and audience; concepts of heroism; stories of origin; and variants of âLittle Red Riding Hoodâ. These sensitive analyses are framed by pieces from members of the research project in Norway and Uganda.
Dominica Dipio is Associate Professor in the Department of Literature, Makerere University and coordinator in the south of the NUFU research project. Stuart Sillars is Professor of English Literature in the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, and coordinator in the north of the research project.
Acknowledgements
Lene Johannessen: Introduction: Folklore and Cultural Memory: Promises and Pitfalls
Wotsuna Khamalwa: Survival of the Fittest and Stories of Cannibalism
Saidah Namayanja: Mythical Implications in the Origin Stories of the Baganda and Bagishu
Cindy E. Magara: The Concept of Heroism Among the Bunyoro
Dominica Dipio: Traditional Leadership Wisdoms and Their Contemporary Parallels: The Madi of Uganda
Susan Nalugwa Kiguli: Audience Perspectives on the Music Festivals Phenomenon in Buganda
Abasi Kiyimba: Proverbial Imagery in Contemporary Political Discourse in Uganda
Aaron Mushengyezi: Riddling Among the Banyankore and Baganda in Uganda
Gulere Wambi: The Popular Form and Structure of Riddle Discourse in Lusoga
Danson Sylvester Kahyana: The Potential Role of Orature in Fighting the Spread of HIV/AIDS
Lillian Bukaayi Tibasiima: âMudoâ: The Soga âLittle Red Riding Hoodâ
Edgar Nabutanyi: Transplanting the Pumpkin: Folktales in New Media Formats for Childrenâs Instruction
Isaac Tibasiima: âHeed my Voiceâ: Childrenâs Song in the Wake of Child Sacrifice
Stuart Sillars: Afterword: Ancestral Voices Prophesying
Marketplace
Uzoechi Nwagbara: Achebeâs Fiction and the Changing Generation of Nigerian Women: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Leadership
Ignatius Chukwumah: Lazarus, Noah, and the Enunciation of the Resurrection Mythos in Soyinkaâs The Interpreters
Omolola A. Ladele: The Ãbikú Mystique: The Metaphor of Subversive Narrative in Buchi Emechetaâs Kehinde
Dele Bamidele and Rotimi Agbana: Richard Madukuâs Kokoro Compound: A Postmodern Reading
H. Oby Okolocha and Sophia I. Akhuemokhan: The Violation of Womenâs Human Rights: Transformative Processes in Julie Okohâs Edewede and Stella âDia Oyedepoâs Brain Has No Gender
Bright Molande: The Fatal Voyage: Colonialism as Tragedy in Steve Chimomboâs Writing
Robert Nathan: âThe Religion of the Dreamâ: Colonial Myths and the Epistemology of Power in Alain Mabanckouâs Bleu blanc rouge
Creative Writing
Wumi Raji: Born to Run
Nick Tembo: Three Poems
Reviews
Gordon Collier: Up Jumped a Jumbie
Tosin Gbogi: Destructive Deluge
Books Received
Notes on Contributors
Notes for Contributors
Lene Johannessen: Introduction: Folklore and Cultural Memory: Promises and Pitfalls
Wotsuna Khamalwa: Survival of the Fittest and Stories of Cannibalism
Saidah Namayanja: Mythical Implications in the Origin Stories of the Baganda and Bagishu
Cindy E. Magara: The Concept of Heroism Among the Bunyoro
Dominica Dipio: Traditional Leadership Wisdoms and Their Contemporary Parallels: The Madi of Uganda
Susan Nalugwa Kiguli: Audience Perspectives on the Music Festivals Phenomenon in Buganda
Abasi Kiyimba: Proverbial Imagery in Contemporary Political Discourse in Uganda
Aaron Mushengyezi: Riddling Among the Banyankore and Baganda in Uganda
Gulere Wambi: The Popular Form and Structure of Riddle Discourse in Lusoga
Danson Sylvester Kahyana: The Potential Role of Orature in Fighting the Spread of HIV/AIDS
Lillian Bukaayi Tibasiima: âMudoâ: The Soga âLittle Red Riding Hoodâ
Edgar Nabutanyi: Transplanting the Pumpkin: Folktales in New Media Formats for Childrenâs Instruction
Isaac Tibasiima: âHeed my Voiceâ: Childrenâs Song in the Wake of Child Sacrifice
Stuart Sillars: Afterword: Ancestral Voices Prophesying
Marketplace
Uzoechi Nwagbara: Achebeâs Fiction and the Changing Generation of Nigerian Women: Towards a Paradigm Shift in Leadership
Ignatius Chukwumah: Lazarus, Noah, and the Enunciation of the Resurrection Mythos in Soyinkaâs The Interpreters
Omolola A. Ladele: The Ãbikú Mystique: The Metaphor of Subversive Narrative in Buchi Emechetaâs Kehinde
Dele Bamidele and Rotimi Agbana: Richard Madukuâs Kokoro Compound: A Postmodern Reading
H. Oby Okolocha and Sophia I. Akhuemokhan: The Violation of Womenâs Human Rights: Transformative Processes in Julie Okohâs Edewede and Stella âDia Oyedepoâs Brain Has No Gender
Bright Molande: The Fatal Voyage: Colonialism as Tragedy in Steve Chimomboâs Writing
Robert Nathan: âThe Religion of the Dreamâ: Colonial Myths and the Epistemology of Power in Alain Mabanckouâs Bleu blanc rouge
Creative Writing
Wumi Raji: Born to Run
Nick Tembo: Three Poems
Reviews
Gordon Collier: Up Jumped a Jumbie
Tosin Gbogi: Destructive Deluge
Books Received
Notes on Contributors
Notes for Contributors