African Oral Literature : Indiana University Press : 9780253207104 : 025320710X : 22 Sep 1992 : ". . . its pages come alive with wonderful illustrative material coupled with sensitve and insightful commentary." -Reviews in Anthropology " . . . the scope, breadth, and lucidity of this excellent study confirm that Okpewho is undoubtedly the most important authority writing on African oral literature right now . . . " -Research in African Literatures "Truly a tour de force of individual scholarship . . . " -World Literature Today " . . . excellent . . . " -African Affairs " . . . a thorough synthesis of the main issues of oral literature criticism, as well as a grounding in experienced fieldwork, a wide-ranging theoretical base, and a clarity of argument rare among academics." -Multicultural Review "This is a breathtakingly ambitious project . . . " -Harold Scheub " . . . a definitive accounting of the evidence of living oral traditions in Africa today. Professor Okpewho's authority