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The Quest for the Rare Leaf and Other Yoruba Tales

Author :  Olabode Ogunlana

Product Details

Country
United Kingdom
Publisher
Books of Africa Ltd, London, UK
ISBN 9780992686321
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2013
Bib. Info 204p.;
Product Weight 240 gms.
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The Quest for the Rare Leaf and other Yoruba Tales by Olabode Ogunlana is the book that contains five traditional legends and six other more recent stories. There are over 25 million speakers of Yoruba. Down the ages it has been primarily an oral language; stories were passed down and it was assumed that those listening would know the culture and traditions within which they originally arose. A non-Yoruba reader does not have this knowledge; nor do a large number of young urbanised Yoruba speakers across African cities or in the Diaspora.
This “translation into written English” is narrated to help preserve this oral tradition as well as entertain modern readers irrespective of their cultural background.

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