Oral poetry and Somali nationalism
the case of Sayyid Maḥammad ʻAbdille Ḥasan
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Publication
1982 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire], England
Language
English
Word Count
58,000 words, Guess
Page Count
232 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL4271868M
- ISBN-100521238331
- OCLC Control Number8050715
- OCLC Control Numberoralpoetrysomali00sama
- Library of Congress Control Number81018072
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- 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.
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Series Statement
- African studies series ;
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- Oral poetry and Somali nationalism: the case of Sayyid Maḥammad ʻAbdille Ḥasan
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