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Somali Oral Poetry and the Failed She-Camel Nation State - A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Deelley Poetry Debate (1979-1980)

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Somali Oral Poetry and the Failed She-Camel Nation State: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Deelley Poetry Debate (1979-1980) examines the most expressive medium in Somali culture and politics, that is, oral poetry, in its ideological and discursive dimension. Oral poetry has a formidable impact on Somali society and its internal dynamics.
Somali Oral Poetry is the first critical discourse analysis of the connection between oral poetry and politics in Somalia. The book brings out contradictions and conflicts between the ways of thinking of a society structured in clans and a rightful claim for nationhood and the state of law. In addition, it highlights the difficulty the society finds in renouncing clan mentality that requires loyalty to the clan rather than to the State.
The present volume illuminates, through the critical analysis of the Deelley poetry debate, the circumstances and issues that preceded the civil war in Somalia. Therefore, the book is of particular interest for its original explanation and understanding of the extraordinary subsequent failure of the State in Somalia.

List of contents

Contents: The historical, political and social context of Somali Oral Poetry - Poetry and Politics: The immediate content of the Deelley Poetry Debate - The choice of the method - Analysis of individual poems - Methaphors - Maandeeq: The She-Camel - Tribalism and the tribal system.

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Ali Mumin Ahad completed his undergraduate degree in economics at Somali National University. He earned his master¿s degree in agribusiness at Sacred Heart University in Milan, Italy. His doctorate was awarded by La Trobe University in Australia. Ahad has published numerous articles and two books focusing on Somali history, literature, and historiographical writing.

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Somali Oral Poetry and the Failed She-Camel Nation State: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Deelley Poetry Debate (1979-1980) examines the most expressive medium in Somali culture and politics, that is, oral poetry, in its ideological and discursive dimension. Oral poetry has a formidable impact on Somali society and its internal dynamics.

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Authors Ali Mumin Ahad, Ali Mumin Ahad
Assisted by Akwasi P. Osei (Editor)
Publisher Peter Lang
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.2015
 
EAN 9781433125157
ISBN 978-1-4331-2515-7
No. of pages 306
Dimensions 150 mm x 21 mm x 225 mm
Weight 560 g
Series Society and Politics in Africa
Society and Politics in Africa
Society & Politics in Africa
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Miscellaneous

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