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Oral poetry and Somali nationalism

Said S. Samatar · 2009

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"This is a study of the use of oratory and oratorical techniques as a tool to obtain political power in a traditional African society ... [with] focus on the political oratory of Sayyid Maḥammad ʻAbdille Ḥasan, the poet, mystic and warrior leader of the Somali anti-colonial movement at the turn of the century"--p. ix.

Book details

Year
2009
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Editions
3
Pages
248
ISBN
9780521104579

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