Time and Oral Tradition with Special Reference to Eastern Nigeria
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8976705 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G I Jones (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1965 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 153-160 |
| Publication date | 1965-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853700005570 |
| OpenAlex | W2118923455 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
African Oral traditions differ critically from recorded history in their treatment of time. Time is relative and ‘Historical time’ is replaced by ‘structural time’. Eastern Nigerian traditions have a beginning, the ‘remote past’, and an end, ‘the recent past’ and episodes which should belong to a middle period between these extremes are pushed either into the ‘remote’ or the ‘recent past’ or are forgotten altogether. This can be seen as soon as Eastern Delta traditions are compared with the relevant European historical records
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Ethnology · Geography · Historical record · Oral history · Oral tradition · Period (music · Sociology · African history and culture analysis · Anthropology · Cultural Identity and Representation · History · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1966 - 2008 (43) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |