Oral Literature, Aesthetic Transfer, and Social Vision in Two Yoruba Video Films
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9250192 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Akintunde Akinyẹmi (0000-0002-6027-675X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 122-135 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Research in African Literatures (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-5210 • E-ISSN: 1527-2044 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ral.2007.38.3.122 |
| OpenAlex | W2145516469 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 3 |
This essay explores the creative ability of an African writer to preserve different forms of oral literature in his video films. The paper argues that on several occasions, these folkloric materials also become instruments for raising social consciousness in the artist's audience. The films discussed are part of a growing body of African popular culture whose purpose is the discovery and pursuit of a new direction in the economy, politics, culture, and social life of contemporary Africa
Aesthetics · Art · Consciousness · Folklore · Literature · Oral literature · Political science · Politics · Popular culture · Raising (metalworking) · Sociology · Visual arts · Yoruba · Engineering · History · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2023 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |