Songs of Myself: Quartet is deeply rooted in the indigenous African poetic tradition. The great udje poets first composed songs paying tribute to the god of songs, followed by songs of self-exhortation, and then songs mocking themselves before satirizing others. This collection incorporates some of these aspects of the oral poetic genre in its four-part structure. It deals with self-examination and the minstrel's alter-ego as a way of attempting to know himself. So, there is self-mockery that justifies mocking others. The four parts of the collection are: \"Pulling the Thread of the Loom,\" \"Songs of Myself,\" \"Songs of the Homeland Warrior,\" and \"Secret Love and Other Poems.\" | Songs of Myself by Tanure Ojaide, Paperback | Indigo Chapters