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Oral Forms of Nigerian Autobiography and Life Stories explores the rich tradition of oral life narratives and poems that African communities, particularly the Yoruba people, have preserved and shared across generations. This Routledge academic work challenges Eurocentric assumptions by demonstrating that Africans have long produced sophisticated autobiographical literature, countering historical narratives that denied African voices their own stories. The book examines oral auto/biographies from various African societies and the diaspora, revealing how stories and poems about individuals and their communities served essential functions in recording cultural knowledge, teaching values, and maintaining historical memory. By analysing these narratives, the author establishes that oral autobiography is not a modern Western invention but rather an enduring African literary tradition with deep historical roots. This scholarly study is essential reading for students of African literature, diaspora studies, oral history, and cultural studies seeking to understand how African peoples documented their own experiences and shaped their collective identity through storytelling.

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Explores oral life stories and poems from Yoruba and other African societies spanning hundreds of years of cultural tradition.

Challenges Eurocentric scholarship by proving African communities produced their own autobiographical and biographical narratives.

Examines oral auto/biographies as historical and educational tools used to record knowledge and teach community values.

Published by Routledge as part of the African Diaspora Literary and Cultural Studies series for academic research.

Analyses the significance of oral storytelling in African and diaspora literature and cultural preservation.

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20 August 2021
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25 February 2021

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