This document summarizes key aspects of African oral literature and traditions. It discusses genres like orature, epics, trickster stories, and folktales. It also outlines important authors and their works, such as the first African novel, drama, and play written in English. Finally, it provides an overview of characters and places from the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.
10. It includes Oral Literature called:
ORATURE
- Was coined by “PIO ZIRIMU”
- This can be process or verses
PIO ZIRIMU
- Ugandan Scholar
- They used the “Call and Response
Technique”- Use by Story Teller.
11. EPIC OF SUDIATA
- Composed in “Medieval Mali”
EPIC OF DINGA
- From Old “Ghana Empire”
KEBRA NEGAST or BOOK OF KINGS
- The best known Work in this Tradition
TRICKSTER STORY
- One of the popular forms of “Traditional
African Folktale”
12. NANSI
- It means “Spider”
- It is a Folklore of Ghana
LIJA PA
- It means “ Turtoise”
Heir
- It is a “Big Rabbit (Sungura)
13. JOSEPH EPHRAIM CASELY
- He published the 1st “African Novel written in
English”
- He wrote the 1st african “ETHOPIA Unbound”
ETHIOPIA UNBOUND: STUDIES IN RACE
EMANCIPATION
- “1st African Novel written in English”
NGUGIWA THIONG’O
- He wrote “1st East African Drama”
BLACK HERMIT
- “1st East African Drama”
14. ALI A. MAZRUI
- It mention “7 Conflicts” as “Themes”
WOLE SOYINKA
- Became the “1st post independent
African Writer”
HERBERT ISAAC ERNEST DHLOMO
- He wrote the 1st English Language
African play.
“THE GIRL WHO LIKED TO SAVE”
- 1st English language African play
15. Characters:
OKONKWO
- Main character in the Story
Unoka
- Father of okonkwo
IKEMEFUNA
- Young boy who is given to the Village as a
“Peace Offering” to avoid war.
16. NWOYE
- Son of Okonkwo
OJIUGO
- Youngest Wife of Okonkwo
EKWEFI
- Second Wife of Okonkwo
OGBUEFI EZEUDER
- Oldest man in the Village
OBIERKA
- Bestfriend of Okonkwo
17. EZINMA
- Daughter of Okonkwo and his wife Ekwefi
EGWUGWU
- Nine clan leaders and they also represent
a village of UMUOFIA
MGBAFO
- It had been severely beaten by her
husband.
CHIELO
- told okonkwo that agbala need to see
Ezinma.
18. AGBALA
- The Oracle of the Hills and Cave
UCHENDU
- Uncle of Okonkwo and a village elder of
MBANTA
CHI
- Personal Spirit
EFULEFU
- 1st recruits of the missionaries
19. MR. BROWN
- White Missionary
REVEREND JAMES SMITH
- Became the new head of the Christian
Church
20. VOLATILE
- Liable to change rapidly
APT
- Having a tendency to do something
PROVOCATION
- Action/Speech that make someone
annoyed
21. EXILE
- Expel, banish, drives out, throw out
KINSMAN
- A man who is one of person’s blood
MACHETE
- A broad knife used as an implement
BEHEADS
- Form of Execution
22. CLANSMAN
- A male member of clan
ORACLE
- Authority, mentor
SQUANDERED
- Waste something in a reckless and
foolish manner
24. WOLE SOYINKA
- Foremost English Language poet
Born: July 13, 1934 in Nigeria
CHINUA ACHEBE
- Nigerian Novelist and Poet
“THINGS FALL APART” – 1st Novel
Born: November 16, 1930 in Ogidi,
Anambra
25. JOHN PEER CLARK
- Nigerian Poet, Dramatist and
Literary Critic
Born: April 6, 1935
NGUGI WA THONG’O
- The most Important East African
Novelist
Born: January 5, 1938 in Kenya