| song of ocol full poem: Song of Lawino & Song of Ocol Okot p'Bitek, 1984 Two African literary works by Okot P'Bitek available together in the African Writers Series. |
| song of ocol full poem: Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol Okot pBitek, 2013-12-29 Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol are among the most successful African literary works. Song of Lawino is an African womans lamentation over the cultural death of her western educated husband - Ocol. In Song of Ocel the husband tries to justify his cultural apostasy. These songs were translated from Acholi by the author. They evince a fascinating flavour of the African rhythmical idiom. |
| song of ocol full poem: Song of a Prisoner Okot p'Bitek, 1971 Song of Prisoner confronts the tragedy of Africa's decade of freedom. The traverses the whole spectrum of her political sickness and contrasts it with the enduring reality of the bush - roots of family and clan, and the optimism of Africa's children in the face of hunger, hardship and humiliation. |
| song of ocol full poem: The Aesthetic Discourse of the Arts Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, 2000 The fine arts first emerged divided by the five senses yet, since their very origin, they have projected aesthetic networks among themselves. Music, song, painting, architecture, sculpture, theatre, dance -- distinct in themselves -- grew together, enhancing each other. In the present outburst of technical ingeniosity, individual arts cross all barriers, as well as proliferate in kind. Hence the traditional criteria of appreciation and enjoyment vanish. The enlarged and ever-growing field calls for new principles of appreciation and new values, essential to our culture. This collection initiates an inquiry into the aesthetic foundations of the fine arts. Their common aesthetic nature, as well as the differentiating specificities which sustain them, might reveal the universal role of aesthetics in human life. |
| song of ocol full poem: The Horn of My Love Okot p'Bitek, 1974 |
| song of ocol full poem: Wer pa Lawino Okot p'Bitek, 1969 |
| song of ocol full poem: 100 Days Juliane Okot Bitek, 2016-01-04 Poems that recall the senseless loss of life and of innocence in Rwanda. |
| song of ocol full poem: The Defence of Lawino Okot p'Bitek, 2001 A new translation of the late Okot p'Bitek's classic epic poem 'Wer pa Lawino', first published in Acholi in 1969, and recently listed in Africa's 100 Best Books. Lawino is a female voice, taking issue with her husband whom she witnesses imitating a European culture which is destroying a more deeply rooted African culture. |
| song of ocol full poem: White Teeth Okot p'Bitek, 1989 First published in Acoli as Lak Tar, this novel from the late Ugandan author of Song of Lawino, Song of Ocol and other major works, is the story of society on the threshold of change. A young Acoli man wishes to marry but cannot raise the bridewealth. He travels to Kampala to find work, and the author humorously relates his efforts. |
| song of ocol full poem: Lak tar Okot p'Bitek, 1969 |
| song of ocol full poem: A Nation in Labour Harriet Anena, 2015-04-15 A Nation In Labour is a collection of social conscience poetry that paints a picture of the giant politician, the restless citizen, the clueless youth, those struggling to heal from life's scratches and the ones hunting for words to describe fiery flames of affection. |
| song of ocol full poem: Echoes Across the Valley Arthur I. Luvai, Kwamchetsi Makokha, 2000 |
| song of ocol full poem: When Bullets Begin to Flower Margaret Dickinson, 1989 |
| song of ocol full poem: The Writing of East and Central Africa G. D. Killam, 1984 |
| song of ocol full poem: Poems from East Africa David Cook, David Rubadiri, 1996 The spirit of the poetic flowering of the 1960s is encapsulated in this comprehensive anthology. The collection gives voice to some fifty poets from Kenya, Uganda and Zambia, writing in English. The diversity of the interests and styles of the individual poets is illustrated: a blend of the gentle lyricism that is a feature of East African writing. All the major poets are included, and many not so well known. Amongst the best known are Jared Angira, Jonathan Kariara, Joseph Kariuki, Taban Lo Liyong, Okot p'Bitek, and David Rubadiri - one of the editors. |
| song of ocol full poem: Words that Melt a Mountain Taban lo Liyong, 1996 |
| song of ocol full poem: Poetic Imagination in Black Africa Tanure Ojaide, 1996 In this book, Tanure Ojaide explains the uniqueness of modern African poetry, which he sees as a product of African orature and the Western literary tradition. The volume fittingly begins with African Literature and Cultural Identity, which establishes areas of cultural identity of modern African literature in general. The next chapter strives to define modern African poetic aesthetics. The book then examines both the oral and the rhythmic aspects of modern African poetry. Having established the defining characteristics of modern African poetry, Ojaide takes on the history of the art form. The Changing Voice of History: Contemporary African Poetry and New Trends in Modern African Poetry contrast the newer poetry to that of the older generation while acknowledging the influence of the old on the new. The book then goes on to highlight African women's poetry and compare African-American poetry with modern African poetry. After the author -- himself a poet -- talks about his background and generation, the collection concludes with Poetic Imagination in Black Africa. Ojaide brings the intuitive knowledge of a practitioner and scholar to his literary criticism of poetry, examining and interpreting modern African poems with lucidity, passion, and freshness. His knowledge of American and English literatures allows him to make apt comparisons and bring out the uniqueness of modern African poetry. Touching on the themes, techniques, and other areas, Poetic Imagination in Black Africa will help readers achieve a deeper understanding of the complex and diverse world of modern African poetry. |
| song of ocol full poem: The Hybrid Muse Jahan Ramazani, 2001-10 Postcolonial novelists such as Salman Rushdie and V.S. Naipaul are widely celebrated, yet the achievements of these poets have been strangely neglected. This work argues that these poets have dramatically expanded the atlas of English literature. |
| song of ocol full poem: Song of Lawino Okot p'Bitek, 1995 |
| song of ocol full poem: In the Fog of the Seasons' End Alex La Guma, 2012-09-21 La Gumas powerful, firsthand account depicts the dedicated South African people who risked their lives in the underground movement against apartheid. The main characters, Beukes and Elias, are among others determined to undermine apartheids blatant oppression and demeaning tactics. The authors knack for rich descriptions and weaving the past with the present transports readers to the grind of working in an underground political organization and the challenges of confronting hardships, change, and injustice on a daily basis. |
| song of ocol full poem: Guilt of Otherness Mohamed A. Eno, 2013-09-15 r. Eno's poetry represents a beautiful corona amidst the earlier African poetry. - Prof. Monica Nalyaka W. Mweseli, Dept. of Literature, University of Nairobi Eno writes about inequality, marginalization and oppression, among others, combining the English language with a writing style that shows an interrelationship between social thought and environment. - Saturday Nation, (Kenya) Dr. Eno, through his thought provoking and candid poems, opens a wound that many Kenya scholars must rise up and heal. The book is a mastery of the true character of African leaders who, supported by our scholars, plunder our national resources. It is also written in an African setting depicting situations such as happening in Somalia. It should be a must buy for our politicians and scholars who, when close to power, become so disconnected from the masses to a level where oppression of the marginalized, the questionable wealth of the illiterates/criminals and of leaders become the norm rather than the exception.- Victor Bwire, THE PEOPLE (Kenya) |
| song of ocol full poem: Mysteries of the Golden Stool Ernest Nsiah Youngmann, 2017 The story of 'MYSTERIES OF THE GOLDEN STOOL' is a historical fantasy adventure story built around the of the Kingdom of Asante, its vibrant culture and its most sacred relic - the Golden Stool. The ruler of this kingdom is very powerful. He derives his power and authority from his occupancy of the Golden Stool, the symbol of state, the spiritual soul of the kingdom of Asante, which hold the unity and strength of the Asanteman, the kingdom. The story elucidates the journey of a thief of ancient relics whose decision to steal the Golden stool sets a thrilling fantasy battle with departed kings and guardians of the Golden Stool in an ancient mausoleum. A cosmopolitan Asante academic transforms into the reluctant hero who defends his heritage and finds the love of his life.--Amazon description. |
| song of ocol full poem: Africa's Cultural Revolution Okot p'Bitek, 1973 A collection of essays about the author's concern about Africa's cultural future. |
| song of ocol full poem: Hare and Hornbill Okot p'Bitek, 1978 |
| song of ocol full poem: An African Alphabet , 2000 This is an unusual and handsome book - a collection of the twenty six letters of the alphabet, each representing a word, all the words together telling the story of the time and times of Africa. It is about the beauty of the great valleys, the flora and fauna, and the wildlife. It celebrates the ubuntu of the people, the diversity of the heritage, art and culture, and asserts Africa as the mother of a culture of literacy. The images are created by four linked alphabets: two contrasting picture alphabets, a word alphabet and an alphabet of letters influenced by African design. |
| song of ocol full poem: This is Not a Poem Inya, Richard, 2019-05-28 Richard Inya’s This is Not a Poem as deceptively titled throws up a lot of lines that plaintively probe into the reader’s reasoning and sense of right and wrong. The poems are highly evocative and drum in rhythmic cadence a sort of impatience with our seeming contentment with the anomalies of our society. |
| song of ocol full poem: KwaNobuhle Overcast Billie, Ayanda, 2019-05-27 KwaNobuhle Overcast is a book of vivid obervations of Billie’s community 20 years into South Africa’s democracy. It describes an inhospitable and sometimes callous KwaNobuhle, its spirit worn away by the harsh toll of survival and political betrayal. The poet remains rooted, borne up by love, family, jazz music, and a stubborn belief in humanity. |
| song of ocol full poem: The Bavino Sermons Rampolokeng, Lesego, 2019-07-23 Born in Orlando West, Soweto, in Johannesburg, Lesego Rampolokeng is a poet, novelist, playwright, filmmaker and writing teacher who rose to prominence in the 1980s, a turbulent period in South Africa’s history. Originally published in 1999, The Bavino Sermons includes such memorable poems as ‘Lines for Vincent’, ‘Riding the victim train’, ‘To Gil Scott-Heron’, ‘Crab attack’,‘Rap Ranting’ and ‘The Fela Sermon’. |
| song of ocol full poem: Singing the Law Peter Leman, 2020-04-18 Singing the Law is about the legal lives and afterlives of oral cultures in East Africa, particularly as they appear within the pages of written literatures during the colonial and postcolonial periods. In examining these cultures, this book begins with an analysis of the cultural narratives of time and modernity that formed the foundations of British colonial law. Recognizing the contradictory nature of these narratives (i.e., both promoting and retreating from the Euro-centric ideal of temporal progress) enables us to make sense of the many representations of and experiments with non-linear, open-ended, and otherwise experimental temporalities that we find in works of East African literature that take colonial law as a subject or point of critique. Many of these works, furthermore, consciously appropriate orature as an expressive form with legal authority. This affords them the capacity to challenge the narrative foundations of colonial law and its postcolonial residues and offer alternative models of temporality and modernity that give rise, in turn, to alternative forms of legality. East Africa’s “oral jurisprudence” ultimately has implications not only for our understanding of law and literature in colonial and postcolonial contexts, but more broadly for our understanding of how the global south has shaped modern law as we know and experience it today. |
| song of ocol full poem: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o Speaks Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 2006 Ngugi wa Thiong'o's evolution as a thinker can be discerned in the conversations collected here. The earliest, recorded forty years ago, reflect his interest in exploring events in Kenya's colonial past that had a profound impact on his own people, the Kikuyu, and ultimately on his own life. More recent discussions focus on present conditions in Kenya and other parts of the Third World. – from publisher information. |
| song of ocol full poem: The Legal Imagination James Boyd White, 1985-12-15 White extends his theory of law as constitutive rhetoric, asking how one may criticize the legal culture and the texts within it. A fascinating study of the language of the law. . . . This book is to be highly recommended: certainly, for those who find the time to read it, it will broaden the mind, and give lawyers a new insight into their role.—New Law Journal |
| song of ocol full poem: Old Age in African Literary and Cultural Contexts Pepetual Mforbe Chiangong, 2021-06-15 Through a wide range of indigenous, postcolonial, gender and racial lenses, African writers have provided perspectives on various aspects of old age in the context of African literatures and cultures. This book illustrates how African literary and linguistic representations, ranging from short stories, novels and film to drama and theatre, give expression to ideas about old age. The perspectives offered here provide essential knowledge in understanding the uses of dichotomous age-related categories, such as old-young, elderly male-elderly female, and foreign-indigenous, which generally result in prejudice. Using ageism as its central theme, the contributions draw attention to the ambiguity associated with elderly people in African society who are often highly venerated for their wisdom, but also stereotyped because of their advanced age. However, as the book demonstrates, old age is also deeply valorised in some traditional African contexts, where older adults are regarded as indispensable members of society. It will be of particular interest to scholars, researchers, and students of African studies, applied theatre studies, gerontology, postcolonialism, sociolinguistics, sociology and anthropology. |
| song of ocol full poem: Dangerous Pastime Inyang, Ekpe, 2016-01-14 The best way to understand a people is to live with the people; the best way to live with the people is to share with the people; and the best thing to share with the people is what the people need. The risks and perils of not heeding this age old wisdom are at the heart of Dangerous Pastime. |
| song of ocol full poem: Fables Out of Nyanja Brian Bwesigye, 2012 In these simple, short but beautifully crafted narratives, Bwesigye depicts a vibrant world from a child's awed and wonder-filled point of view. A snake in the house brings fear, sunflowers and birds tell fortunes that thrill or disappoint, a parrot causes consternation and a dog gets his share of an exciting feast. The author's love for his homeland and his mother tongue Rukiga shines out in his fictional characters as they encounter the animals, folklore and traditions of every day life in Nyanja, a tiny village in Western Uganda, creating a collection of newly-spun Fables that will delight young and old. Illustrated in black and white. |
| song of ocol full poem: Failing Maths and My Other Crimes Jijana, Thabo, 2016-02-22 In a whirlwind of local history, contemporary culture, domestic angst, and nostalgia, Thabo Jijana’s debut collection of award-winning poems exhibits an emotional wisdom beyond the writer’s years. Earthen and edgy, musical and minimal, Failing Maths and My Other Crimes is not solely a meditation on family and mortality, nor just a manifesto on the role of art in a young man’s life: beyond all, this collection is a short masterclass in South African storytelling-in-verse. |
| song of ocol full poem: Broken Drum David G. Maillu, 1991 |
| song of ocol full poem: Give Me Room to Move My Feet Mildred Kiconco Barya, 2009 In 100 thought-provoking textually original poems, Mildred Kiconco Barya explores elements of time and space on the landscapes of memory, observation, and experience at individual points and collective levels. This poet uses motion as a connecting thread for the seven parts of human experiences and livelihoods - revolving lives, stormy heart, before the sun sinks, the pain of tenderness, shame has a place, the shape of dreams, and until the last breath is drawn - to herald an inspiring collection of maturity and tenderness. |
| song of ocol full poem: Why Don't You Carve Other Animals Yvonne Vera, 1994 |
| song of ocol full poem: The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann, Robert O'Clair, 2003 A new revision of the classic anthology presents 195 poets and 1,596 poems representing the range of English language modern and contemporary poetry. |
| song of ocol full poem: Carcase for Hounds Meja Mwangi, 1974 |
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