Poetry: The Fulani Creation Story
By Anonymous
Background/Setting; Plot; Theme; Characterization; Language, Style; Dramatic Technique and Symbolism.
Subject: Literature-in-English
Theme: Poetry
Topic: The Fulani Creation Story By Anonymous
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Date: dd/mm/yyyy
Class: S.S 1
Average Age: 14 years and above
Duration: 35 Minutes
No of Learners: 40
Back ground/Setting:
Author:
Anonymous story handed down by words of mouth from generation to generation. Poem: Fulani creation story based on myth dealing with origin of the world. Godsend heroes usually Mentioned in such stories.Subject matter:
How Doordari a higher being created man out of five elements- stone iron, fire, water, and air.
Form:
Basically an oral poem. Continuity listed by chain reactions with one line picking up an earlier image or idea which moves to a sub- sequent one, bringing about repetition.Language, style, poetic devices and symbolism:
1. a translation from the Fulani language chant in the repeated actions of Doondari.2. The basic laments include milk, which is crucial to the life of cattle Fulani.