"Recalling-ls-Greatest": Personal Memory and Lyricism in Toyin Falola's A Mouth Sweeter than Salt and Counting the Tiger's Teeth
The reflective disclosure of the past is a major trend in African literature as indicated in writers like Wale Soyinka, Chinua Achebe and Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. Personal memory is also often employed aesthetically to mirror what is embedded in the past. Toyin Faiola the author of A Mouth Sweeter...
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Main Author: | Felicia Ohwovoriole |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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LibraryPress@UF
2021-12-01
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Series: | Yoruba Studies Review |
Online Access: | https://ojs.test.flvc.org/ysr/article/view/130155 |
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