orature

noun /ˈɒɹətʃə/

1. The oral equivalent of literature: a collection of traditional folk songs, stories, etc., that is communicated orally rather than in writing.

   countable, uncountable

   It is because of this that Mr Pio Zirimu, a Ugandan linguist and literary critic, has coined the word ‘orature’.

Where it comes from

Blend of oral + literature, said to have been coined by the Ugandan linguist and literary theorist Pio Zirimu (died 1977): see the 1972 quotation.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry orature (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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