Today's free book is Oral Literature in Africa by Ruth Finnegan. For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.
For a variety of online versions, see the Open Book Publishers site.
This book is made available thanks to the UnGlue.It organization which raises money to buy the copyright to books and then to make them free, open publications. This book was first published by Oxford University Press in 1970, and now, thanks to the UnGlue.It contributors who raised $7500 to buy the copyright, the book is free to all.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Poetry
- poetry and patronage
- panegyric
- elegiac poetry
- religious poetry
- special purpose poetry
- lyric
- topical and political songs
- children's songs
Prose
- prose narratives
- proverbs
- riddles
-oratory
Special Forms
- drum language
- drama
