Kujibizana: Questions of Language and Power in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Poetry in KiswahiliThe author argues that reading poetry in Kiswahili provides important insights into questions of language and power, as well as into discussions of socialist practice in East Africa and East African resistance to colonialism and neo-colonialism. Includes the text of numerous poems and footnotes. |
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... Lamu to Lindi must remain uncertain until further research is done on poetry in Kiswahili along the entire East African coast . Taylor's examples come only from Mombasa and Lamu as do the few more recently collected poems from the ...
... Lamu to Lindi must remain uncertain until further research is done on poetry in Kiswahili along the entire East African coast . Taylor's examples come only from Mombasa and Lamu as do the few more recently collected poems from the ...
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... Lamu ) Through ironic questions Taylor and his followers are presented as those who are kizani / in darkness ; as those who might be brought to " light " and " truth " through conversion : Atakuya lini naswi tupumue ? Walio kizani wote ...
... Lamu ) Through ironic questions Taylor and his followers are presented as those who are kizani / in darkness ; as those who might be brought to " light " and " truth " through conversion : Atakuya lini naswi tupumue ? Walio kizani wote ...
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... Lamu , Kenya , Variations Culturelles et Dynamiques Sociales . Paris : Recherches sur les Civilisations , 1983 . Le Guennec - Coppens , [ M. ] Francoise . Wedding Customs in Lamu . Lamu , Kenya : The Lamu Society , 1980 . Leys , Norman ...
... Lamu , Kenya , Variations Culturelles et Dynamiques Sociales . Paris : Recherches sur les Civilisations , 1983 . Le Guennec - Coppens , [ M. ] Francoise . Wedding Customs in Lamu . Lamu , Kenya : The Lamu Society , 1980 . Leys , Norman ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Uhuru na Kutungamana | 23 |
Ujamaa kwa Vitendo Dialogue | 95 |
Copyright | |
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