Contribution to Book
The Novel, Historiography, and the Griot Epic in The Sahel
Teaching The African Novel
(2009)
Abstract
Christopher Wise's article on teaching the African novel in comparison with griot epics, and medieval African chronicles, focusing on the Sahelian context of the Songhay Dynasty of the Askiyas.
Keywords
- teaching African literature,
- teaching African novels,
- teaching griot epics,
- Timbuktu chronicles,
- Christopher Wise
Disciplines
Publication Date
2009
Editor
Gaurav Desai
Publisher
Modern Language Association
Series
Options for Teaching
Citation Information
Christopher Wise. "The Novel, Historiography, and the Griot Epic in The Sahel" New York CityTeaching The African Novel (2009) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christopher_wise/54/