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1 online resource (156 pages) |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Section 1 -- Poet in Politics; 'Deep Language' Crossing Borders3; A Symposium; 'Deep Language' Crossing Borders; Conclusion; References; Abdilatif Abdalla and the Voice of Prophecy; Siwati; References; Abdilatif Abdalla: Poet and Activist. Voice of the Discontented, Voice of Humanity; Kenya: Twendapi? (1968); Sauti ya Dhiki (1973); The Writer and Poet in Society (1976 & 1978); The Right and Might of a Pen (1985); Peace, Love and Unity: for Whom? (1989; poem); A Political Address (1994). |
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Risala kwa Washiriki Katika Tamasha la Kitamaduni la Lamu (2009)In Conclusion; References; Whither Swahili Literature? Translation and the World Recognition of Abdilatif Abdalla's Sauti ya Dhiki; Wither Swahili Literature?; Sauti ya Dhiki and the Idea of Breakthrough; Never Will I Let Go; Impasses; Translation; Concluding Remarks; Works Cited; The Poetics of Abdilatif Abdalla's Agony; Doing Things with Words in Prison Poetry; But can words alone bring down a tyrant?; The Multiple "I"-s and Speaking in Tongues; Why Write; Swahili Prosody and Poetry as Autobiography; Masking the Message. |
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A Range of Miscellaneous VoicesReferences; The Urgency of Memory in an Age of Greed; Section 2 -- Selected Works of Abdilatif Abdalla; Kenya Twendapi Facsimile pages; Wajibu wa Mshairi Katika Jamii Yake; Matatizo ya Mwandishi wa Jamii Katika Afrika Huru; The Right and Might of a Pen; Section 3 -- Contexts; Hope and Despair in Kenyan Politics During and After Independence; Existentialism and Swahili Literature; Introduction; Existentialism as a Philosophy and as a Literary Programme; Existentialist Writing in Swahili Literature; Existentialism without Programme: Swahili Poetry. |
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An Existentialist Reading of Swahili LiteratureBibliography; Language in Africa Between the Local and the Global: How Political are 'Dialects'?; Introduction; What is 'Deep Language'?; Are 'Dialects' Political -- or rather: How 'Political' Can Dialects Be?; Language in Africa between the Local and the Global; References; Section 4 -- Congratulatory Texts; Kwa Abdilatif Abdalla; Kumsherehekea Abdilatif Abdalla; Dear Abdilatif, dear friends and colleagues, ladies and gentlemen; Ndugu wote; Kumkumbuka Bwana Abdilatif Abdalla -Mwalimu Wetu; List of Contributors; Back cover. |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Text in English with selected works of Abdilatif Abdalla in Swahili. |
| Subject |
Abdalla, Abdilatif, 1946- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Abdalla, Abdilatif, 1946- |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Abdalla, Abdilatif, 1946- -- Political and social views.
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Political and social views. |
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Swahili poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Swahili poetry. |
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20th century |
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Political activists -- Kenya.
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Political activists. |
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Kenya. |
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Kenya -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Politics and government. |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Kresse, Kai.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beck, Marie. Abdilatif Abdalla: Poet in Politics. : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, ©2016 9789987753383 |
| ISBN |
9789987753482 |
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9987753485 |
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9987753388 |
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9789987753383 |
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