Oral Poetry and Somali Nationalism

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Beschreibung

This book explores the influence of oral poetry on Somali politics. By reconstructing the history of the Somali nationalist resistance movement, mainly through the use of political oratory in verse form by its leader, Sayyid Mahammad 'Abdille Hasan', the 'Mad Mullah' of British history, Said Samater shows how an indigenous resource can be harnessed in a non-literate society, not only as a medium of mass communication but also as a tool for acquiring political power. He traces the intimate correlation between language, politics and oral poetry and seeks to suggest to students of African societies ways of examining indigenous forms of communication used by traditional African creators of large-scale organisations in the absence of writing, to influence public opinion. The book is an important contribution to the history of the Horn of Africa and its new material on the role of oral literature in a non-literate society will interest linguists, sociologists and anthropologists, as well as students of folklore and comparative literature.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Introduction; 1. Elements of Somali pastoral oratory: Prose; 2. Elements of Somali pastoral oratory: Poetry; 3. Occupation and resistance: The rise of the Somali Dervishes; 4. Poetic oratory and the Dervish movement; 5. Myth and the Mullah; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780521104579
ISBN-10:	0521104572
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Samatar, Said S.
Hersteller:	Cambridge University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Said S. Samatar
Erscheinungsdatum:	29.11.2008
Gewicht:	0,408 kg