Ato Quayson gives a historical and literary framework for the
writers' varied engagements with oral traditions. This is an
innovative and original study which offers a new perspective on a
Nigerian literary tradition. Quayson takes issue with the prevalent
use of oral tradition in the criticism of Europhone written
literature as a kind ofcultural matrix out of which the written
text emerged, and the essence of which it embodies. He proposes
instead a view of literary tradition as the outcome of numerous,
and varied, strategic acts of positioning in relation to indigenous
resources - which vary according to the individual writer's project
but also according to the larger social and political context. He
constructs a historical framework in which to view these strategies
as performed by Samuel Johnson in The History of the Yorubas (1921
[1897]), Amos Tutuola (1950s), Soyinka (1960s and 70s) and Ben Okri
(1980s and 90s).' - Karin Barber, Senior Lecturer at the Centre of
African Studies, University of Birmingham North America: Indiana U
Press
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