Browsing Faculty of Arts by Author "Moolla, Fiona F."
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The body unbound: ritual scarification and autobiographical forms in Wole Soyinka’s Aké: the years of childhood
Moolla, Fiona F. (Sage Publications, 2012)The scarification in Aké is invested with major significance apropos Soyinka’s ideas on African subjectivity. Scarification among the Yoruba is one of the rites of passage associated with personal development. Scarification ... -
Border crossings in the African travel narratives of Ibn Battuta, Richard Burton and Paul Theroux
Moolla, Fiona F. (Taylor & Francis, 2012)This article compares the representation of African borders in the 14th-century travelogue of Ibn Battuta, the 19th-century travel narrative of Richard Burton and the 21st-century travel writing of Paul Theroux. It ... -
When orature becomes literature: Somali oral poetry and folktales in Somali novels
Moolla, Fiona F. (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012)The article discusses Somali literature, with particular focus given to the influence of Somali oral poetry and folk tales on modern novels. The difference between the concepts of orature and oral literature is examined, ...