Cross-cultural problems in the teaching of literature: the case of African oral literature

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Title:	Cross-cultural problems in the teaching of literature: the case of African oral literature
Author:	Bamikunle, Aderemi
Year:	1984
Periodical:	Nigeria Magazine
Issue:	151
Pages:	80-87
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	literary education translation folk tales (form)
Abstract:	This article, which grew out of personal experiences at making literature from one village understood outside the language area, examines the problems of a teacher or a translator encounter when he attempts to create a reasonable level of understanding of a literature in the mind of one who grew up in a different culture. It also examines the example of poetic songs with reference to the problems of relating one culture's literature to another. These songs are from a collection of songs made in a Yoruba village called Ufe (spelt Iffe by the colonial administrators, which spelling is still retained in all official documents). This village is in Ijumu Local Government area of Kwara State.