Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development

African literature is a form of literature that originates from Africa and deals on African issues. It is mostly told by Africans or those who have indebt knowledge about African cultures, traditions, values and literary styles. Orature on the other hand is a type of African literature that imbeds all the unique African mode of narrative and in the pre-colonial era, it was a literature performed orally with the help of an oral artist and the presence of an audience. This paper using the evaluative method of analysis critically questions the deviation and loss of true African literature to a western African literature. It goes further to suggest that literary works embellished with African salts of writing should be appreciated and commended and should not be seen as inferior works as it greatly contributes to advancement of Africa’s ideologies and identities in our world that is constantly changing.

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