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New Listings by ISOLA Members - 2007

Willemse, Hein. Aan die ander kant: Swart Afrikaanse skrywers in die Afrikaanse letterkunde. ("On the other side: Black Afrikaans writers in Afrikaans literature") (Pretoria: Protea Bookhouse, 2007), 245 pp.

Willemse, Hein. "Insularity and ambivalence: The case of the South African poet P. J. Philander's epic poem Zimbabwe" Research in African Literatures 39, no. 1 (2008): 125-148.

Getie Gelaye (2006) "Amharic Praise Poems of Dejazmach Belay Zelleqe and the Patriots of Gojjam during the Italinan Occupation of Ethiopia, 1936-1941'' in: S. Uhlig (et al eds). Proceedings of the XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden. Pp.587-597.
_______ (2007). “The Amina and their Poems and Blessings in Gojjam”, In: Annales d'Éthiopie. Vol. 23 (2007).
______ (2008). “Amharic Praise Poems Related to Emperors Tewodros II and Yohannes IV”, in: Svein Ege and Harald Aspen (eds.) Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies 2-6 July 2007. Trondheim.

Okpewho, Isidore ed. The Preservation and Survival of African Oral
Literature. A selection of articles from the July 2004 conference of
ISOLA at Banjul, Gambia, published as a special issue of the journal
Research in African Literatures, Volume 38, Number 3. Fall, 2007.

Juliana Makuchi Nfah-Abbenyi. The Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2008. Foreword by Isidore Okpewho.

The Sacred Door and Other Stories: Cameroon Folktales of the Beba offers readers a selection of folktales infused with riddles, proverbs, songs, myths, and legends, using various narrative techniques that capture the vibrancy of Beba oral traditions. . . View more publication news and a profile of the author.

Kaschula, R.H., Mostert, A., Schafer, D., & Wienand, C. 2007. `English
hegemony or African identity? Towards an integrated Language Planning tool
for Economic Development. South African Journal of Folklore Studies. Vol.
17. No. 2.

Smith, Pamela J. Olúbùnmi, trans. Efúnsetán Aníwúrà. Ìyálóde Ìbàdàn & Olú Omo: Tinúubú, ÌyálódeÈgbá, translated and annotated with a 45-page critical introductory essay. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. Spring 2005. ISBN 1-59221-228-X

Smith, Pamela J. Olúbùnmi and Daniel P. Kunene, eds. Tongue and Mother Tongue: African Literature and the Perpetual Search for Identity. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press. Spring 2002. ISBN 0-86543-996-6

ISOLA Publication News - February 2006

Abarry, Abu S. "Ga Folklore." In Greenwood World Encyclopedia
of Folklore and Folklife, ed. William Clements. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005.

Akinyemi, Akintunde. "Yoruba oral literature: A source of indigenous education for children." Journal of African Cultural Studies, 16.2 (2005):161-179.

Alabi, Adetayo. Telling Our Stories: Continuities and Divergences in
Black Autobiographies.  New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2005.

Alim, H. Samy. You know my steez: An ethnographic and sociolinguistic study of style-shifting in a Black American speech community. Durham, NC: Duke UP, 2004.

Baumgardt, Ursula and Jean Derive, ed. Parole nomads: Ecrits d’ethnolinguistique africaine. Preface de G. Calame-Griaule. Paris: Karthala, 2005
______ et Francoise Ugochukwu, ed. Approches litteraires de l’oralite africaine. Preface de G. Calame-Griaule. Paris: Karthala, 2005.

Bornand, Sandra. Le discourse du griot genealogiste chez les Zarma du Niger. Paris: Karthala, 2005.

Leguy, Cecile et Pierre Diarra. Paroles imagées. Le proverbe au croisement des cultures. Paris: Bréal, 2004.
______. “De la devinette au proverbe. Metamorphoses d’un genre.” Cahiers de litterature orale, no. 55, 2004. 109-123.
______. “Formes et masques du discours proverbial.” Le proverbe en Afrique. Forme, fonction et sens, ed. Ursula Baumgardt et Abdellah Bounfour. Paris: Harmattan / Inalco, 2005. 135-158.
______. “A propos de la communicabilité du dire proverbial. Réflexion sur l’aspect métaphorique des proverbs.” Paroles nomades. Ecrits d’ethnolinguistique africaine, ed. Ursula Baumgardt et Jean Derive.Paris: Karthala, 2005. 99-113.
______. “`Améliorons l’avenir de la maison de nos pères.’ Analyse d’une cassette audio produite par le Projet Environnement Communautaire Tominian (SOS Sahel - Mali) pour promouvoir les actions de l’ONG.” Oralité africaine et création. Paris: Karthala, 2005. 301-332.
______. “`Let us improve the future of our father’s household.’ Analysis of a musical tape made by the Tominian Community Environmental Project (SOS Sahel – Mali) to promote the NGO’s activities.” Cédérom accompagnant la publication de Oralité africaine et creation. Paris: Karthala, 2005. 1156-1185.

Opland, Jeff. The Dassie and the Hunter: A South African Meeting. Durban: U of KwaZulu-Natal P, 2005

Owomoyela, Oyekan. Yoruba Proverbs. Lincoln, NE: U of Nebraska P, 2005

Book Covers

Coming soon: Flash images of bok blurbs by ISOLA members. See the covers of Jeff Opland's Dassie and Hunter and Oyekan Owomoyela's Yoruba Proverbs

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