Orature and Yoruba Riddles

2015/04/16 by Akíntúndé Akínyẹmí · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

paper · doi:10.1057/9781137502636

openalex publication_date 2015/04/16 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Orature and Yorùbá Riddles takes readers into the hitherto unexplored undercurrents of riddles in Africa. Because of its oral and all too often ephemeral nature, riddles have escaped close scrutiny fr

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