Download or read book Myth in Africa written by Isidore Okpewho and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1983-09 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this innovative study Dr Okpewho explores what he considers the essence of African traditions - myth - and examines its place in African life, literature and thought. Focusing on a number of tales from a selection of African countries, Dr Okpewho shows myth to be the basic imaginative resource from which the larger cultural values derive.