This document summarizes key aspects of African oral literature and traditions. It discusses genres like orature, epics, trickster stories, and folktales. It also outlines important authors and their works, such as the first African novel, drama, and play written in English. Finally, it provides an overview of characters and places from the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe.

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10.  It includes Oral Literature called:
 ORATURE
- Was coined by “PIO ZIRIMU”
- This can be process or verses
 PIO ZIRIMU
- Ugandan Scholar
- They used the “Call and Response
Technique”- Use by Story Teller.

11.  EPIC OF SUDIATA
- Composed in “Medieval Mali”
 EPIC OF DINGA
- From Old “Ghana Empire”
 KEBRA NEGAST or BOOK OF KINGS
- The best known Work in this Tradition
 TRICKSTER STORY
- One of the popular forms of “Traditional
African Folktale”

12.  NANSI
- It means “Spider”
- It is a Folklore of Ghana
 LIJA PA
- It means “ Turtoise”
 Heir
- It is a “Big Rabbit (Sungura)

13.  JOSEPH EPHRAIM CASELY
- He published the 1st “African Novel written in
English”
- He wrote the 1st african “ETHOPIA Unbound”
 ETHIOPIA UNBOUND: STUDIES IN RACE
EMANCIPATION
- “1st African Novel written in English”
 NGUGIWA THIONG’O
- He wrote “1st East African Drama”
 BLACK HERMIT
- “1st East African Drama”

14.  ALI A. MAZRUI
- It mention “7 Conflicts” as “Themes”
 WOLE SOYINKA
- Became the “1st post independent
African Writer”
 HERBERT ISAAC ERNEST DHLOMO
- He wrote the 1st English Language
African play.
 “THE GIRL WHO LIKED TO SAVE”
- 1st English language African play

15.  Characters:
 OKONKWO
- Main character in the Story
 Unoka
- Father of okonkwo
 IKEMEFUNA
- Young boy who is given to the Village as a
“Peace Offering” to avoid war.

16.  NWOYE
- Son of Okonkwo
 OJIUGO
- Youngest Wife of Okonkwo
 EKWEFI
- Second Wife of Okonkwo
 OGBUEFI EZEUDER
- Oldest man in the Village
 OBIERKA
- Bestfriend of Okonkwo

17.  EZINMA
- Daughter of Okonkwo and his wife Ekwefi
 EGWUGWU
- Nine clan leaders and they also represent
a village of UMUOFIA
 MGBAFO
- It had been severely beaten by her
husband.
 CHIELO
- told okonkwo that agbala need to see
Ezinma.

18.  AGBALA
- The Oracle of the Hills and Cave
 UCHENDU
- Uncle of Okonkwo and a village elder of
MBANTA
 CHI
- Personal Spirit
 EFULEFU
- 1st recruits of the missionaries

19.  MR. BROWN
- White Missionary
 REVEREND JAMES SMITH
- Became the new head of the Christian
Church

20.  VOLATILE
- Liable to change rapidly
 APT
- Having a tendency to do something
 PROVOCATION
- Action/Speech that make someone
annoyed

21.  EXILE
- Expel, banish, drives out, throw out
 KINSMAN
- A man who is one of person’s blood
 MACHETE
- A broad knife used as an implement
 BEHEADS
- Form of Execution

22.  CLANSMAN
- A male member of clan
 ORACLE
- Authority, mentor
 SQUANDERED
- Waste something in a reckless and
foolish manner

23.  UMUOFIA
 MBANTA

24.  WOLE SOYINKA
- Foremost English Language poet
 Born: July 13, 1934 in Nigeria
 CHINUA ACHEBE
- Nigerian Novelist and Poet
 “THINGS FALL APART” – 1st Novel
 Born: November 16, 1930 in Ogidi,
Anambra

25.  JOHN PEER CLARK
- Nigerian Poet, Dramatist and
Literary Critic
 Born: April 6, 1935
 NGUGI WA THONG’O
- The most Important East African
Novelist
 Born: January 5, 1938 in Kenya

26. THANK YOU!!! 
Prepared by:
Cabardo, Reicheal Ann c.
BSEd-English II