FUNCTIONS OF ORAL LITERATURE a) Oral literature creates entertainment to all classes of people in the society e.g Isikuti dance among the Luhya Isikuti dance Vuyanzi x2 Vuyanzi vuyanzi eeh! Jane mbee mkoye kwanje. The song comments on happiness that is prevalent in the community hence calls for a celebration mood. b) Oral literature Explains […]

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ORAL AND WRITTEN LITERATURE.   ORAL LITERATURE.                        WRITTEN LITERATURE. Utilizes word of mouthCan be changed( elastic)PerformedSocietal affairInvolves physical artifacts Utilizes written wordStaticReadIndividual affairRarely does it involve physical activity

DEFINITION OF ORAL LITERATURE             Oral literature is a work of art passed from generation to generation through word of mouth to mirror life and exhibit to an -appreciatable degree the artistic characteristics of observation, vivid imagination and ingenious expression.

MYTH OF ORIGIN OF THE AGIKUYU- QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q9. Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow. (20 marks) At the beginning of creation, Mwene Nyaga, Ngai, the creator and provider for all mankind called one of his servants Gikuyu.  He said to him, “My son Gikuyu, l am going to give

Q4. Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow. (20 marks) One day on a farm, cat took out her walking stick and started to walk laboriously along the road, leaning heavily on her stick. Hen, who was pecking at the ground nearby, looked up and said, “Aunty Aunty, where are you going?”

Q3. Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow. (20 marks) There was a great famine in the land where Obunde and his wife, Oswera, lived with their nine children. The only creatures who had some food were the ogres and before they would part with their food, they demanded a lot of

Q2. Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow. (20 marks)  Long, long time ago animals and birds spoke just like men do. When God had to stop them speaking, he made birds sin, like this chrrip! Chrrip……… Lions to roar like this graagh! Graagh! And hyenas to howl like this huuu! Huuu!

TRICKSTER NARRATIVE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q1. Read the following narrative then answer the questions that follow. (20 marks) Once upon a time Hare and Hyena were very good friends. They visited each other every day and herded their cows together. There came a time when the cows started dying one after the other. The two

POETRY REVISION In the pulpit he swayed and turned. Leant forward, backward, To the right: to the left. His solemn voice echoed; Lowly the congregation followed, ‘Do you love your neighbour?’ Meekly they bow at his keen eye Now examining a grey head Heaving under her sobs. His heart leapt assured- ‘Her sins weigh on