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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; List of Pictires; List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements;
1. Introduction; Orality and Literacy; Oral Literature as Verbal Art; Oral Literature and Tradition; Oral Literature as History; Functionality of Oral Literature; Growth of Oral Literature Scholarship in Kenya; The False Step; Anyumbaism in Kenyan Oral Literature Tradition;
2. Research in Oral Literature; Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods; Demystifing Fieldwork; Multidisciplinary in Oral Literature; Fieldwork Defined.
Responsibilities of a FieldworkerOral Literature and Globalization; Importance of Fieldwork; Critical Ethnography; Exploratory Fieldwork; Intensive Fieldwork; Supervised Fieldwork; Independent Fieldwork; Home-based Fieldwork; Outward-bound Fieldwork;
3. Theory and Oral Literature; Theory and Scholarship; Theory in Oral Literature; Traditional Theories of Oral Literature; Modern Theories of Oral Literature;
4. Methodology in Oral Literature; Methodology and Oral Literature Research; Observation Method; Structured and Unstructured Interview Methods; Fieldwork Design; Fieldwork Preparatory Phase.
Fieldwork PhasePost-Fieldwork Phase; Qualities of a Consumate Fieldworker; Fieldwork Participants; Lead Researcher's Check-list; Field Research Assistants; Field Local Assistant; Research Driver; Fieldwork Accountant; Fieldwork and Wellness; Literature Review and Sampling; Rapport Building; Fieldwork Documentation; Interview Method; Transcription and Translation; Performance Settings; Importance of Methodology;
5. Documentation, Preservation and Access; Performance and Memory; Archiving Oral Texts; Disconnect between Researchers and Archivists; University of Nairobi and Archiving of Oral Text.
Archivists and NeutralityDigital Technology and Archiving; Ong and Secondary Orality; Importance of Digitalization; Challenges of Digitalization;
6. Data Analysis; Oral Literature Criticism; Transcription and Translation; Data Analysis; Coding in Oral Literature; Textualization in Verbal Art; Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software; Report Outline;
7. Fieldwork Ethics, Challenges and Strategies; Ethics and Oral Literature; Ethics and Reciprocity; Omondi Tawo the Bard; Ethics and Accountability; Ethics and Informed Consent; Managing Expectations; Non-Compensation School.
Self-CompensationFieldwork in Conflict Zone; Ethical Dilemmas; Ethics and Creative Deception; Release Form A; Release Form B; Other Fieldwork Challenges; Bibliography; Index; Back cover.