AFST 213
African Oral Literature

Credit:  3 hours.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for a
Literature and the Arts, and Non-Western Cultures course.

Examines the oral literature of the African continent in all its varieties (tales, myths, songs, proverbs, etc.) in translation. Places the literature in its many contexts (historical, cultural, religious, political, legal, sociological, etc.). Explores the process of oral transmission, unique to oral literature, with particular reference to the continuity between African and Afro-American oral literature. Same as ANTH 213 and CWL 213.