Some African Writers Who Have Majored In Literacy Studies

There are many prominent African writers who have put into writing most of their literary studies. Ruth Finnegan was able to classify African narratives into major forms. She talked about them extensively in her work of research. Not only did she focus on the works of a particular community but also aimed at get the genres of the narratives. This included narratives from the entirety of the whole continent. Her work is conversant with the communities across the African continent. Therefore, we can say that she was determined to make substance at the most complex literature. This included the diverse cultures of African community and to make it simple and conversant. Finnegan not only analyses the oral forms, but also tries to explain the manipulation of language with the aim of coming up with meaning.

Another scholar is Okpewho, focuses on the aesthetic value of an oral form. He goes further to explain the extra oral activities that a narrator partakes during a narration. Therefore, he implies that a narration is only valuable or rather beautiful if the narrator explores his capability of sign language, facial expression, body movement among many other features. He also emphasizes the function of the audience where he suggests that a narration without an audience is similar to an activity in futile. Hence, explains the inseparability of the narrator, narration and the audience.

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Jane Nandwa (1976), is another scholar that focusses her studies on the oral narratives of the Abaluhya. It includes institutions such as political, religious and military bodies. Nandwa’s study is generally broad in the sense that it deals with the abaluhya community in general. The twist is the community boasts of distinct sub ethnic groups with obvious cultural and social differences.

Last but not least Fred Makila (1986) bases his research on collecting and recording popular oral narratives from the Bukusu Community. He argues that the storyteller related his story to the habitat surrounding him. So the stories were always conversant to the audience he directed it to.

Lastly, Joseph Juma Musungu (2016) in his PhD thesis expounds on the importance of performance in oral narratives of the Bukusus, He focuses on the meaning brought about by the narrator considering his skills in manipulating an oral narrative. In his work he samples out several most renowned folk tales among the bukusus and elaborates more on how they are performed.

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