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African Battle Traditions of Insult - Verbal Arts, Song-Poetry, and Performance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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African Battle Traditions of Insult - Verbal Arts, Song-Poetry, and Performance (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Series: African Histories and Modernities
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This book explores the "battles" of words, songs, poetry, and
performance in Africa and the African Diaspora. These are usually
highly competitive, artistic contests in which rival parties duel
for supremacy in poetry composition and/or its performance. This
volume covers the history of this battle tradition, from its
origins in Africa, especially the udje and halo of the Urhobo and
Ewe respectively, to its transportation to the Americas and the
Caribbean region during the Atlantic slave trade period, and its
modern and contemporary manifestations as battle rap or other forms
of popular music in Africa. Almost everywhere there are
contemporary manifestations of the more traditional, older genres.
The book is thus made up of studies of contests in which rivals
duel for supremacy in verbal arts, song-poetry, and performance as
they display their wit, sense of humor, and poetic expertise.
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