Bibliograph

Song of Lawino ;, Song of Ocol, Okot p'Bitek ; introduction by G.A. Heron ; illustrations by Frank Horley

Type

Label

Song of Lawino ;, Song of Ocol, Okot p'Bitek ; introduction by G.A. Heron ; illustrations by Frank Horley

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Song of Lawino ;

Oclc number

844727856

Responsibility statement

Okot p'Bitek ; introduction by G.A. Heron ; illustrations by Frank Horley

Sub title

Song of Ocol

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. Ocol's poem underlines Lawino's points and confirms her view of him as a demeaning and arrogant person whose political energies and obsession with wasting time are destructive to his family and his community. The gripping poems of Lawino and Ocol capture two opposing approaches to the cultural future of Africa at the time and paint a picture that belongs in every modern reader's cognitive gallery

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Song of Lawino -- Song of Ocol

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Song of Ocol

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