- Title
- Tracing the Voice of Protest in Selected Oral Literature:
- Creator
- Kaschula, Russell H
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/174452
- Identifier
- vital:42479
- Identifier
- ISBN 9783030555177
- Description
- This chapter aims to present the notion of “protest” as a contested arena in the production of oral literature, against the backdrop of continued and contested sociopolitical change in Africa. This contestation can be politically based, gender based and sometimes even based in religion. The chapter looks specifically at poetry, songs and the folktale to establish how the “voice of protest” has been presented over time in relation to specific African countries such as Senegal, South Africa, Somali, Guinea, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Lesotho. Poetic protest as part of political protest is also discussed. Furthermore, the chapter seeks to explore how this “voice of protest” has been received, both from an audience point of view and from the point of view of those who control power.
- Format
- 18 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Kaschula, R.H., 2021. Tracing the Voice of Protest in Selected Oral Literature. The Palgrave Handbook of African Oral Traditions and Folklore, pp.453-471
- Rights
- Publisher
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the SpringerNature Statement (https://www.biomedcentral.com/)
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