Oral poetry and Somali nationalism
Subtitle: the case of Sayyid Maḥammad ʻAbdille Ḥasan
By: Said S. Samatar.
Series: African studies series ;; 32
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan, 1864-1920; Revolutionary poetry, Somali -- History and criticism; Political oratory -- Somalia; Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan' Rebellion, Somalia, 1900-1920; Folk literature, Somali -- History and criticism
Description: "This is a study of the use of oratory and oratorical techniques as a tool to obtain political power in a traditional African society ... [with] focus on the political oratory of Sayyid Maḥammad ʻAbdille Ḥasan, the poet, mystic and warrior leader of the Somali anti-colonial movement at the turn of the century"--p. ix.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 224-228.
Revision of thesis (doctoral)--Northwestern University, 1979.
Includes index.