THEORIZING AFRICAN ORAL POETIC PERFORMANCE AND AESTHETICS: UDJE DANCE SONGS OF THE URHOBO PEOPLE Contemporary Christian Romance Got the Whole World Watching

Got the Whole World Watching

and theme as they apply to a wide spectrum of verbal art in the region

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THEORIZING AFRICAN ORAL POETIC PERFORMANCE AND AESTHETICS: UDJE DANCE SONGS OF THE URHOBO PEOPLE Contemporary Christian Romance Got the Whole World WatchingStarting with the premise that literature and the arts are cultural productions, Tanure Ojaide finds using Western literary theory to judge African literary works, whether oral or written, not only missing the major aims of such creative works but also failing to understand their aesthetic impact. Using udje dance songs of Nigeria s Urhobo people as an example of an African oral poetic performance, he theorizes that provoking laughter and intellectual