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  <title><![CDATA[Song of Lawino &amp; Song of Ocol (African Writers Series)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;ul&gt;&lt;I&gt;Together,&lt;/I&gt; Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol, &lt;I&gt;constitute a heated debate over the future of Africa. In graphic metaphor and with dramatic intensity, P'Bitek presents the conflict between the new and the old, and in the process reveals a remarkable sensitivity to the values of both.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;br /&gt; - Books Abroad&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;One of the most successful African literary works, &lt;i&gt;Song of Lawino&lt;/i&gt; (1966), is now made available in the African Writers Series together with &lt;i&gt;Song of Ocol&lt;/i&gt; (1967). &lt;/p&gt;</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a cross between the dramatic monologue and a &quot;traditional&quot; Acoli (Ugandan) song-form; a woman called lawino gives her husband ocol a serious talking-to about how he's forsaken her for a modern girl (a wench called clementine who's been over-doing the skin-lightening cream) because ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6128001">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[a true african book.remarkable]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[too graphic for me]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[- interesting<br/>- a lot to uncover especially in the light of postcolonialism and what it can do to people ..hehe<br/>- a loud &quot;backward&quot; woman vs a just recently &quot;modernized&quot; man<br/>- might be something that those coming from a once colonized country could relate to<br/>-...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5475541">more...</a>]]></body>
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