Oral-Formulaic Theory: Annotated Bibliography

Franc is M. Deng. The Dinka and Their Songs. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

A description of the traditional and modern society of the Dinka, a people made up of more than 500 tribes in the Sudan, that culminates in a discussion of the central role of oral s ongs in their life. Terms the composition process oral but not impromptu. Includes translations of 143 songs (with the original texts for about half that number).
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