Library Research Guide for History 1700: The History of Sub-Saharan Africa to 1860

Oral Literature in Africa by Ruth Finnegan. "Based on years of fieldwork, the study traces the history of storytelling across the continent of Africa."

"Oral Tradition and Oral History in Africa," E.J. Alagoa, in African Historiography: essays in honour of Jacob Ade Ajayi. 1993. (print)

Oral Tradition and Oral History in Africa and the Diaspora: Theory and practice. Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization, Lagos for Nigerian Association for Oral History and Tradition, 1990. (print)