Writing Women into History: The Nigerian Experience

Awẹ, Bọlanle

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-21512-6_11

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“…Within the non-literate societies of Africa, oral tradition acts as a repository for their history and culture. The narratives that are passed on by word of mouth encapsulate the history, values and identity of the particular society that produced them and the particular generation who retells them (Awe, 1991). Oral traditions invite us to see historical knowledge as more than just sustained in written text but fully engaged with the social intelligence, experience and manipulation of the people in which it involves and influences.…”

Section: Post-colonialism In Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%

Nigerian Children's Stories: A Cultural Perspective

Santyr¹

2022

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This paper explores the narrative construction of experience of Nigerian children through the stories they told while participating in a variation of Vivian Gussin Paley’s story-telling/storyacting exercise. Two theoretical approaches guided this research; narrative theory and the strength of children’s perspectives. Bruner’s theory of narrative construction is used as a theoretical framework for understanding children’s cultural participation. A sociology of childhood perspective is used to ground the research method and prioritize the child’s voice. Stories were collected from 3-5-year-old children attending a private school in Abuja, Nigeria. From the stories collected 6 story types were identified and 10 themes emerged within and between each story type. Of the 10 themes 4 of the themes were analyzed for cultural relevance and examples of cultural reproduction. The results of this study contribute to the ongoing research in children’s cultural participation and narrative construction of experience broadly, and to Nigerian children’s storytelling and perspectives, specifically.

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Section: Post-colonialism In Nigeriamentioning

confidence: 99%