Shakespeare in Swahililand

Shakespeare in Swahililand
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9780374262075
ISBN-13 : 0374262071
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare in Swahililand by : Edward Wilson-Lee

Download or read book Shakespeare in Swahililand written by Edward Wilson-Lee and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with Victorian-era expeditions in which the Complete Works of Shakespeare were often the sole reading material carried into the interior of the continent, the Bard became a vital touchstone both for colonizers and the colonized. His plays were printed by liberated slaves as some of the first texts in Swahili, were performed by Indian laborers while they built the Uganda railroad, were used to argue for native rights, and were translated by intellectuals, revolutionaries, and independence-movement leaders. Wilson-Lee tallies Shakespeare's unlikely yet profound emergence and continued presence in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Sudan, and discovers overwhelming evidence that Shakespeare's works provide a key insight into cultural development throughout the region. -- Adapted from jacket flap.

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