The Defence of Lawino

Price 34.30 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9789970022694


Author


Pages 132

Year of production 1982

A new translation of the late Okot p"Bitek"s classic epic poem "Wer pa Lawino", first published in Acholi in 1969, and recently listed in Africa"s 100 Best Books. Lawino is a female voice, taking issue with her husband whom she witnesses imitating a European culture which is destroying a more deeply rooted African culture.