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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... cultural resistance as well as strategies for cultural affirmation . Clearly , it has been read and can be legitimately read , as a poem advocating political resistance and providing political strategy.54 Such readings of this and other ...
... cultural resistance as well as strategies for cultural affirmation . Clearly , it has been read and can be legitimately read , as a poem advocating political resistance and providing political strategy.54 Such readings of this and other ...
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... cultural nationalism , but this cultural nationalism was not as limited as Iliffe implies . Obviously Kiswahili had utilitarian values , enabling leaders to speak directly to each other and to the people almost everywhere , permitting a ...
... cultural nationalism , but this cultural nationalism was not as limited as Iliffe implies . Obviously Kiswahili had utilitarian values , enabling leaders to speak directly to each other and to the people almost everywhere , permitting a ...
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... cultural order as well as a political and religious system . As Cooper notes slaves could use their knowledge of Islam , " to deny their owners ' claims to religious and cultural superiority . " 409 Skills in Kiswahili , and ...
... cultural order as well as a political and religious system . As Cooper notes slaves could use their knowledge of Islam , " to deny their owners ' claims to religious and cultural superiority . " 409 Skills in Kiswahili , and ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
Uhuru na Kutungamana | 23 |
Ujamaa kwa Vitendo Dialogue | 95 |
Copyright | |
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Abdilatif Abdalla Abdul Karim Abushiri African Literature Ahmed Allen Amri Bwana chapter CMS Archives reel Coast colonial context Dar es Salaam dialogue discourse discussed Diwani East African edition German Hemedi Abdallah History of Tanganyika husband hymns Ibrahim Noor Shariff intellectual Islam John Iliffe Julius Nyerere Kandoro Kandoro's poem katika Kenya Kiswahili Language Kiswahili speaking Lamu Lugha Maji Mambo Mazrui missionary Modern History Mohamed Mombasa Moyo Mudimbe Muyaka Mwana Kupona Nairobi narrative Ngũgĩ Ngugi wa Thiong'o Northern dialects Nyerere Nyerere's poem poetic poetry in Kiswahili poets political presented Roland Allen Saadan Kandoro Salaam Salim Shaaban Robert Shairi Sheikh sheria Siyu Sizue Stop prevaricating struggle Swahili Literature Swahili Poetry symbolism TANU Tanzania Taylor Tela texts translation trope ujamaa University Press Utendi wa Mwana Utenzi wa Vita utumbuizo V. Y. Mudimbe Vita vya Maji-Maji Vita vya Wadachi vya Wadachi Kutamalaki Wadachi Kutamalaki Mrima Whiteley women writing Zanzibar