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Title:Rárà chanters: Yorùbá royal image makers
Author:Akinyemi, A.ISNI
Year:1992
Periodical:Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere: Schriftenreihe des Kölner Instituts für Afrikanistik
Issue:31
Pages:69-90
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:Yoruba
Oyo polity
traditional rulers
praise poetry (form)
Abstract:'Rárà' chant is peculiar to the '.Oy'.o-speaking people of Yorùbáland in the southwestern part of Nigeria. It is a chanted form of 'oríkì' (praise poetry) rendered principally for entertainment and occasionally for the purpose of obtaining remuneration. This article is limited to an analysis of 'rárà' chanted for the 'Aláàfin' of '.Oy'.o. It explains the role of Yorùbá 'rárà' chanters as traditional imagemakers within Yorùbá society. It opens with a brief description of 'rárà' chant and 'rárà' chanters and goes on to look at examples of royal imagemaking in 'rárà' chants. Bibliogr., notes, ref.
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