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Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí of Nigeria

Title: Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí of Nigeria
Institution: The Library of Congress
Collection Title: Archive of World Literature on Tape (Library of Congress)
Creator(s): Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí; Nichols, Lee; Voice of America (Organization)
Collector(s): Nichols, Lee; Voice of America (Organization)
Description/Scope and Content: The author, who writes poetry, plays, and novels in Yoruba, reads portions of his work in Yoruba and translates them into English. He discusses the importance of writing in vernacular languages and describes a new type of publication in which plays in Youruba have been published with numerous photographs of productions of the plays with captions containing relevant dialogue.
LC Subjects
Fálétí, Adébáyọ̀, 1935---Interviews.
Date: Originally broadcast between 1975-1979 on the Voice of America radio series Conversations with African writers, no. 54.
Location: Rec Sound Res Center (Madison, LM113)
Identifier: 79740921
Language: Yoruba and English
Extent: 1 sound tape reel (30 min.) : analog, 7 1/2 ips, 2 track, mono. ; 7 in.
Collection Type: archival collection
Level of Processing: Minimal Processing
Type of Materials/Format: audio-tapes & cassettes
Related Collections: Types of Materials: publications
Copyright: Unknown
Donor Information: Available
Link: https://lccn.loc.gov/79740921
Usage: Low (permanent storage)