March 1994 Volume 9, Number 1 : African Oral Tradition Download Media Front Matter Editor's Column Articles Women’s Discourse on Social Change in Nzema (Ghanaian) Maiden Songs K.E. Agovi Freedom to Sing, License to Insult: The Influence of Haló Performance on Social Violence Among the Anlo Ewe Daniel K. Avorgbedor Oral Literary Criticism and the Performance of the Igbo Epic Chukwuma Azuonye Field of Life, Sowing of Speech, Harvest of Acts Sory Camara Through Ambiguous Tales: Women’s Voices in Chokwe Storytelling Rachel I. Fretz Pattern, Interaction, and the Non-Dialogic in Performance by Hausa Rap Artists Graham Furniss, Sa’idu Babur Ahmed Social Speech and Speech of the Imagination: Female Identity and Ambivalence in Bambara-Malinké Oral Literature Veronika Görög-Karady Introduction: The Search for Grounds in African Oral Tradition Lee Haring Silent Voices: The Role of Somali Women’s Poetry in Social and Political Life Zainab Mohamed Jama On the Sense and Nonsense of Performance Studies Concerning Oral Literature of the Bulsa in Northern Ghana Rüediger Schott Supplemental Materials About the Authors
