colleague, ally
Swahili word for freedom
to collect, to get
a type of antelope, mainly found in Africa
a type of freshwater fish, found in African rivers
barbaric, crude, undeveloped, simple
coal used in fires
a type of antelope, mainly found in Africa
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The Question and Answer section for Selected Poetry of Okot p'Bitek is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
The speaker’s husband (Ocol) is egotistical. The speaker confirms, “My husband abuses me together with my parents:/He says terrible things about my mother/And I am so ashamed!” The husband’s superciliousness prompts him to affront the people that...
The phrase appears to symbolize values.... respect for family and tradition. Lawino defends these values, and in context, is asking Ocol "not to destroy things for the sake of destroying them.” (Introduction, Lawino and Ocol, p. 7)
One of the major themes in Okot p' Bitek's, Song of Lawino, is that of tradition versus modernization..... the loss of culture at the expense of progress. On the one hand, Ocol has a negative view of Africans and their culture. He believes that...
