Song of Lawino & Song of Ocol

Posted on 17 February 2018 by Okot p'Bitek

From Uganda, one of the most successful African literary works. Best Read [ Song of Lawino & Song of Ocol ] author [ Okot p'Bitek ] – kino-fada.fr Taking the book solely at face value, Song of Lawino Song of Ocol are verses concerned with the disintegration of the marriage of Lawino, a rural African Acoli woman and Ocol, her western educated husband However, peeling back the cover of the words even a tiny bit reveals a woman committed to her indigenous culture versus a man who thinks that her culture needs to be removed from the face of the earth How could two such people co exist in the same household How could two such differi Taking the book solely at face value, Song of Lawino Song of Ocol are verses concerned with the disintegration of the marriage of Lawino, a rural African Acoli w...This is a cross between the dramatic monologue and a traditional Acoli Ugandan song form a woman called lawino gives her husband ocol a serious talking to about how he s forsaken her for a modern girl a wench called clementine who s been over doing the skin lightening cream because he s become enchanted with western ways so its an eloquent defense of traditional rural li...if p bitek was still working on this , the modern african woman hasto be talked on their skinny self, I would add they look like a confined ankole cow in a rubaga because the owner would not pay a fine also those who took up with the chinese injection to increase their butts, are likely to cry because they look like mizigo not properly tied on a runaway jangili s bike The educated men as well, carries heavy kengeles between his legs with the kolongkolongsounds especially when he is no if p bitek was still working on this , the modern afri...Thrilling African readgooda true african book.remarkableA masterpiece.Had to read this book for class in high school while covering African literature It was published in 1966, four years after Uganda s independence, and documents an important and oft ignored time period during colonization when most African societies were going through immense social, economic and cultural change This is an amazing read if you want to understand the cultural clash between different lo...Dari Okot p Bitek dan sajak sajaknya bisa ditarik dua pelajaran Pelajaran pertama berasal dari masalah yang diungkapnya dalam Nyanyian Lawino dan Nyanyian Ocol Problem yang dihadapi masyarakat Uganda dalam lingkup sempit, juga dialami masyarakat Afrika Lebih luas lagi, problem itu diderita oleh hampir semua negara berkembang baca Dunia Ketiga Bagi kita yang juga merdeka pasca Perang Dunia Kedua, sajak sajak O...I m not proud of this fact, but I must say I ve never been a big reader of serious African literature I m afraid that there are only so many books I can read about the conflict between tradition and modernity which, it seems, is what almost all African literature has been about since the 1940s and 50s I am also not a big reader of poetry So by all appearances I should not have enjoyed this book very much.That being said, I found this book to be fascinating I can t say I agree with the auth I m not proud of this fact, but I must say I ve never been a big reader of serious African literature I m afraid that there are only so many books I can read about the conflict between tradition and modernity which, it seems, is what almost all African literature has been about since the 1940s and 50s I am also not a big reader of poetry So by all appearances I should not have enjoyed this book very much.That being said, I found this book to be fascinating I can t say I a...

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17 February 2018

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