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Song of Lawino & song of Ocol / Okot P' Bitek : illustritions by Frank Horley

By:

P' BITEK, Okot

Contributor(s):

Frank Horley

Material type: Text

TextSeries: (poets of Africa ; 3)Publication details: Nairobi : East African Educatinal Publishers, c1989.Description: 154p. : ill. ; 18cmISBN:

9789966467084

Subject(s):

African & Middle Eastern Literature

DDC classification:

22nd ed. 896.5 PBI

Summary: During his lifetime, Okot p'Bitek was concerned that African nations, including his native Uganda, be built on African and not European foundations. Traditional African songs became a regular feature in his work, including this pair of poems, originally written in Acholi and translated into English. Lawino's words in the first poem are not fancy, but their creative patterns convey compelling images that reveal her dismay over encroaching Western traditions and her Westernized husband's behavior.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Literature/Kiswahili Fasihi	896.5 PBI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00010162
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Literature/Kiswahili Fasihi	896.5 PBI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00010163
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Literature/Kiswahili Fasihi	896.5 PBI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00010164
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Literature/Kiswahili Fasihi	896.5 PBI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00010165
Books	CUoM Library General Stacks	Literature/Kiswahili Fasihi	896.5 PBI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	00010166

During his lifetime, Okot p'Bitek was concerned that African nations, including his native Uganda, be built on African and not European foundations. Traditional African songs became a regular feature in his work, including this pair of poems, originally written in Acholi and translated into English. Lawino's words in the first poem are not fancy, but their creative patterns convey compelling images that reveal her dismay over encroaching Western traditions and her Westernized husband's behavior.

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