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Oral and written literature in African indigenous languages hold an important foundational position in the history of African literature.

— Ernest Emenyonu

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I strongly believed that this was something that should form the roots of literary studies in African educational systems.

The universally touted Western dictum, “If it is not written, it is not literature”, was a blatant fallacy. Oral Literature was and is the foundation of African Literature.

African Literature Today is the apex journal in the field of African literature. Since its inception over half a century ago, it has performed a number of roles for African literary scholars all over the world.

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