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I could speak until tomorrow: oriki, women and the past in a Yoruba town

Barber, Karin.

Year: c1991.

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

Maps, Diagrams and Tables

Acknowledgements

Note on orthography

1. Anthropology, text and town

2. The interpretation of oriki

3. Oriki in Okuku

4. Contexts of performance

5. The oriki of origin

6. The oriki of big men

7. Disjunction and transition

Appendix

Notes

Bibliography

Glossary

Index

reviews

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Title:

I could speak until tomorrow : oriki, women and the past in a Yoruba town / Karin Barber.

Author:

Barber, Karin

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I could speak until tomorrow : oriki, women and the past in a Yoruba town / Karin Barber.
Barber, Karin
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, c1991.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02552

Subject Headings:

• Yoruba (African people)
• Ethnology -- Nigeria

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