Swahili Songs of Defiance and Mockery

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" Swahili Songs of Defiance and Mockery "
Jan Knappert

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064186
Doc. No	:	LA107815
Call No	:	‭10.1163/2031356X-0030304001‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Jan Knappert
Title & Author	:	Swahili Songs of Defiance and Mockery [Article]\ Jan Knappert
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Afrika Focus
Date	:	1987
Volume/ Issue Number	:	3/3-4
Page No	:	165–193
Abstract	:	The aim of this publication is mainly to make known to fellow students of African oral traditions the literary achievements of the Swahili people. Songs of mockery and defiance are known in many languages, but so far none to my knowledge had been published from East Africa. The present article will, it is hoped, fill that lacune. It demonstrates that there are, and always have been, numerous songs of mockery and defiance in Swahili, while new ones are still being composed and sung. These songs form today a part of the healthy democratic process in East Africa.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	East Africa
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Oral literature
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Swahili
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/2031356X-0030304001‬