Browsing by Author "Olali, Tom"
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Nihilism and Postproverbials in Euphrase Kezilahabi’s Poetry Anthology 'Dhifa' ('Feast')
Olali, Tom; Kipacha, Ahmad (NM-AIST, 2021-09-30)This paper discusses nihilism and postproverbials as exhibited, and how occasionally they occur pari passu, in a postmodern Swahili anthology of Dhifa, published in 2008 and authored by Euphrase Kezilahabi. Nihilism ... -
Sniffing Oriental Aromatic Scents: The Perfumery Trope in Eroticized Swahili Odes.
Olali, Tom; Kipacha, Ahmad (Journal of the Institute of Kiswahili Studies, 2020)Swahili poets of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have foregrounded adapted perfumery customs with great reverence in their works. It functions as a vital cue to trans-Indian Ocean commonalities and as a marker ...