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Heelloy: Modern Poetry and Songs of the Somalis

Heelloy: Modern Poetry and Songs of the Somalis

Johnson, John William
Qarshe, Abdilahi

Paperback

Poetry AnthologiesGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1874209812
ISBN13: 9781874209812
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: Sep 1 1996
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.42 Depth: 9.26
Language: English

This is a completely new edition of the only scholarly work on the poetry of popular and mass culture among a people who are renowned for their passion for poetry. Johnson traces the heello movement from its origins as a youth culture which in its early days was concerned with themes of love and pleasure. It later became the medium for freedom songs in the preindependence period, for the expression of modern political ideas, political protest, rallying songs and social comment, many examples of which are cited in this volume. Heello became the most dynamic form of Somali poetry in this century. This edition uses modern Somali script.

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