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Makale Özeti:
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The complexity and dynamism of human society bring about innovation in the
production, transmission, retrieval and performance of culture (low, high and
popular). The advancement in technology as a result of postmodern social codes
has given new impetus to discourse on the Yoruba verbal arts (with particular
interest in Yoruba folktales).
Literary critics and folklorists have talked on the forms of Yoruba folktales,
themes, taxonomy, sociological and literary significance in the contemporary
society (see Dasylva 1999, Ben-Amos 1976; Finnengan, 1970; Sekoni, 1983,
Bamgbose, 1969; and Iwara1985). Oral performance and folktales predate
European civilization as shown in the archaeological and anthropological findings
of the Western scholars. It is therefore uncharitable to history to claim that Africa
had neither art nor literature before the European civilization.
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