Preface
Wilfred Lajul
Introduction: Exploring Philosophy and Language in African Literature
Wilfred Lajul
Part I: Language in African Literature
Chapter 1: An African Theoretical Basis of Philosophy and Language in African Literature
Wilfred Lajul
Chapter 2: The Wrongness of Slurs: Harm, Disrespect, and Discord
Thaddeus Metz
Chapter 3: Politics of Language in African Literature: Ngugi w’Thiongo and Chinua Achebe’s Debates
Sarah Amarorwot
Part II: Philosophy and Language in African Poetry
Chapter 4: Protest and Difference in the Poetry of Okot p’Bitek: A Case Study of Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol
Charles Nelson Okumu
Chapter 5: Changing Trends in Poetry of Protest in East Africa: A Case Study of Selected Poems of Susan Kiguli and Jared Angira
Peace Yikiru
Chapter 6: The Concept of Death in Selected Poems of Timothy Wangusa
Dorica Deborah Mirembe
Part III: Philosophy and Language in African Novels
Chapter 7: Anarchy in a State of Harmony: Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart
Aloysius Tenywa Malagala
Chapter 8: Political and Cultural Revival Discourse in Wole Soyinka’s Novels
Wilfred Lajul
Chapter 9: Ba’s Novel, So Long a Letter: A Glimpse of Women’s Resilience Amidst Cultural and Religious Oppression in Sub-Saharan Africa
Betty J. Okot
Part IV: Philosophy and Language in African Drama
Chapter 10: Language of Freedom in the Trial of Dedan Kimathi and I Will Marry When I Want
Peace Yikiru
Chapter 11: Clash of Values in Wole Soyinka’s Drama, The Lion and the Jewel: A Colonial Lens, and the African as the ‘Other’
Beatrice Abonga Ajok and Gloria Rashid Akello
Conclusion: Significance of Philosophy and Language in African Literature
Wilfred Lajul
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