The Ozidi Saga is one of Africa's best known prosimetric epics, set in the Delta region of Nigeria. Blood on the Tides examines the epic -- a tale of a warrior and his sorcerer grandmother's revenge upon the assassins who killed her son -- both as an example of oral literature and as a ref...

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Main Author:	Okpewho, Isidore (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Suffolk Boydell & Brewer 2014
Subjects:	Ojobolo, Okabou / Ozidi saga Ozidi Saga Alltag, Brauchtum Folk literature, African / History and criticism Oral tradition / Nigeria Ijo (African people) / Nigeria / Folklore Ijo (African people) / Nigeria / Social life and customs Textgeschichte Volksliteratur Nigeria
Online Access:	BSB01 Volltext
Summary:	The Ozidi Saga is one of Africa's best known prosimetric epics, set in the Delta region of Nigeria. Blood on the Tides examines the epic -- a tale of a warrior and his sorcerer grandmother's revenge upon the assassins who killed her son -- both as an example of oral literature and as a reflection of the specific social and political concerns of the Nigerian Delta and the country as a whole. Okpewho examines various iterations of the saga, including a performance of the entire saga in 1963 in Ibadan by the folk artist Okabou Okobolo. This performance was subsequently transcribed, translated, and edited by the renowned Nigerian poet, playwright, and scholar John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo. Isidore Okpewho is Distinguished Professor of Africana Studies, English, and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University (SUNY). He is the author of The Epic in Africa, Myth in Africa, African Oral Literature, and Once Upon a Kingdom. An award-winning novelist, he has published four titles: The Victims, The Last Duty, Tides, and Call Me By My Rightful Name
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 279 pages)
ISBN:	9781580468473