Publication

1982 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], England

Language

English

Word Count

58,000 words, Guess

Page Count

232 pages

Identifiers

and 1 more
  • Goodreads803974

Classifications

  • DDC967/.7303/018
  • LCCPJ2534.M39 Z87 1982

Description

"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.

Subjects

Topics

OratoryPolitical oratoryHistory and criticismSomali Folk literatureSomali Revolutionary poetryPolitical oratory -- SomaliaMaxamad Cabdulle Xasan, 1864-1920

Places

Series Statement

  • African studies series ;

Other Editions

  • Oral poetry and Somali nationalism: the case of Sayyid Maḥammad ʻAbdille ḤasanCambridge University Press1982-01-01

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