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African Battle Traditions of Insult: Verbal Arts, Song-Poetry, and Performance

African Battle Traditions of Insult: Verbal Arts, Song-Poetry, and Performance

Ojaide, Tanure

Hardcover

Series: African Histories and Modernities

Fiction AnthologiesPoetry CriticismGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 3031156161
ISBN13: 9783031156168
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Apr 27 2023
Pages: 318
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.81 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book explores the battles of words, songs, poetry, and performance in Africa and the African Diaspora. These are usually highly competitive, artistic contests in which rival parties duel for supremacy in poetry composition and/or its performance. This volume covers the history of this battle tradition, from its origins in Africa, especially the udje and halo of the Urhobo and Ewe respectively, to its transportation to the Americas and the Caribbean region during the Atlantic slave trade period, and its modern and contemporary manifestations as battle rap or other forms of popular music in Africa. Almost everywhere there are contemporary manifestations of the more traditional, older genres. The book is thus made up of studies of contests in which rivals duel for supremacy in verbal arts, song-poetry, and performance as they display their wit, sense of humor, and poetic expertise.

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