Editing Riddle (section)

===Africa===
Anthropological research in Africa has produced extensive collections of riddles over the last century or so.<ref name="jstor.org">Elli Köngäs Maranda, "Riddles and Riddling: An Introduction", ''The Journal of American Folklore'', 89 (1976), 127–37 (p. 128); {{doi|10.2307/539686}}; {{JSTOR|539686}}.</ref> Riddles have been characterised as "one of the most important forms of oral art in Africa";<ref>Lyndon Harries, "The Riddle in Africa", ''The Journal of American Folklore'', 84 (1971), 377–93; {{doi|10.2307/539632}}; {{JSTOR|539632}}.</ref> Hamnett analyzes African riddling from an anthropological viewpoint;<ref>Hamnett, Ian, "Ambiguity, Classification and Change: the Function of Riddles", ''Man'', 2 (1967), pp. 379–391. {{doi|10.2307/2798727}}. {{JSTOR|2798727}}</ref> Yoruba riddles have enjoyed a recent monograph study.<ref>Akíntúndé Akínyẹmí, ''Orature and Yorùbá Riddles'' (Palgrave Macmillan US, 2015), {{doi|10.1057/9781137502636}} Print {{ISBN|978-1-349-69958-2}}</ref> Wambi Cornelius Gulere wrote his doctoral project at [[Makerere University]], titled ''Riddle Performance and Societal Discourses: Lessons from [[Busoga]]''.<ref>Wambi Cornelius Gulere. 2012. ''Riddle Performance and Societal Discourses: Lessons from Busoga.'' Makerere University: PhD thesis.</ref> He argues for recognition of the importance of the riddling act, not merely gathering and studying lists of riddles. Grivas Muchineripi Kayange has seen African riddles as a window into African philosophy.<ref>Grivas Muchineripi Kayange, ''Meaning and Truth in African Philosophy: Doing African Philosophy with Language'', Philosophical Studies Series, 135 (Cham: Springer, 2018), pp. 73–88; {{ISBN|978-3-030-01961-7}}, {{doi|10.1007/978-3-030-01962-4}}.</ref>