Néo-oralité urbaine et éducation populaire au Cameroun. Lecture des hymnes et devises d’associations de jeunes
Urban Neo-Orality and Popular Education in Cameroun. A Reading of the Hymns and Mottos of Youth Associations

Summary/Abstract: Reflecting the dynamics of associative life among youth, urban orality in Cameroun generates multiple literary genres nowadays. Of these, hymns and mottos have particularly caught our attention. These two genres of urban neo-orality in Cameroun develop an original aesthetics, that the hereby study aims at outlining. Hymns and mottos influence institutional ideals, reflect current topics and establish an effective dialogue with the traditional oral motifs of several ethnic groups in Cameroun. Their analysis helps determine clear procedures for the contextualisation and “popularisation” of diverse national ideals, for establishing certain values that are particularly promoted by cosmopolitan urban societies.

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