Song of Lawino

poem by p’Bitek

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In Okot p’Bitek
His first collection of poetry, Song of Lawino, addresses the issue of the conflict of cultures. It is the lament of a nonliterate woman over the strange ways of her university-educated husband, whose new ways are incompatible with traditional African concepts of manhood. This book p’Bitek followed with Song of…
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