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Benjamin Zephaniah’s dub poetry and its appeal to children: an ecocritical reading

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
Dub poetry is a form of performance poetry that originated with Black poets in Jamaica, Britain, and Canada. It is accompanied by rhythmical accentuation and gesticulation while performing in front of the audience.
Alanoud Abdulaziz Alghanem
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HISTORICAL SUBJECT MATTER IN ORAL LYRIC POETRY [PDF]

, 1989
Ono što se u usmenoj književnosti u prošlosti mijenjalo i kako se mijenjalo ostalo nam je slabo poznato. Zbog toga utječu na našu svijest oni aspekti koji se održavaju trajno i naglašenije negoli bi to bilo kad bismo mogli ravnomjerno poznavati međusobne
Tanja Perić-Polonijo
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La représentation et la perception de la xenitia dans la poésie orale de l’île de Karpathos

Cahiers Balkaniques
The exile of the Greek population is a reality which largely inspired the creation of popular songs from the demotic songs of the Byzantine era to the urban songs created from the end of the 19th century. The village of Olympos on the island of Karpathos
Mélanie Nittis
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Praying Mantis in the Desert. The Najdi Poet Ibn Subayyil Consumed with Love for the Bedouin

Arabian Humanities, 2015
ʿAbdallah b. Subayyil (d. 1933) is the last great ghazal poet of the pre-oil era in Central Arabia. He was the headman of the small old town of Nifī. He is famous for his lively descriptions of the Bedouin tribes who would spend the summer at the wells ...
Paul Marcel Kurpershoek
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When orature becomes literature: Somali oral poetry and folktales in Somali novels [PDF]

, 2012
The article discusses Somali literature, with particular focus given to the influence of Somali oral poetry and folk tales on modern novels. The difference between the concepts of orature and oral literature is examined, and the history of print and oral
Moolla, Fiona F.
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Constructing English in New Zealand: A report on a decade of reform [PDF]

, 2007
In 1991, the newly elected National Government of New Zealand set in train a major reform of the New Zealand national curriculum and, a little later, a major reform of the New Zealand qualifications system.
Locke, Terry
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A War-song on Yoḥannəs IV against the Egyptians, recited by Ləğ Täfäri in Aksum, 1906

Studies in African Languages and Cultures, 2007
Oral tradition is, under many aspects, an important component of historiography. It is extremely rich and still to a large degree unexplored. It does not only consist of the orally transmitted memory of people who witnessed historical events, but also ...
Wolbert G. C. Smidt
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From Oral Literature to Technauriture: What’s in a Name? [PDF]

, 2011
Russell H. Kaschula is Professor of African Language Studies and Head of the School of Languages at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. His doctoral research focussed on African literature, and his works of creative writing have received a ...
Kaschula, Russell, Mostert, Andre
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Poetry’s Political Future(s): Deliberating Democracy and Justice in Somaliland

Nordic Journal of African Studies
In February 2017, a poem titled “Muddici” (‘Plaintiff’) by Hargeysa-based poet Weedhsame went viral on social media. The poem accused members of Somaliland’s government of corruption and quickly elicited a series of supporting and opposing responses ...
Christina J. Woolner
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Belonging in Ancient Greek Oral Tradition

Between, 2017
In the paper I will discuss the notion of belonging in Ancient Greek oral tradition. I will argue that oral literature, because of the specific nature of oral language, promotes belonging to a particular locus, community and culture.
Blaž Zabel
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