Song of Lawino (Acholi: Wer pa Lawino) is an epic poem written by Ugandan poet Okot p'Bitek. It was first published in 1966 in an English translation by the author, although Chapter 14, its final chapter, was removed. It was quickly translated into other languages.[citation needed] The complete poem in the original Acholi Luo language was published later in 1969. Taban Lo Liyong published an English translation of chapter 14 in 1993 as well as a new translation of the entire poem in 2001 (as The Defence of Lawino).[1][2]
Song of Lawino has become one of the most widely read literary works originating from Sub-Saharan Africa. It has also become culturally iconic within Africa, because of its scathing display of how African society was being destroyed by the colonization of Africa.
Song of Lawino was originally written in rhyming couplets and had a regular meter. The poem is told from the point of view of Lawino in the first person.
p'Bitek published a follow-up poem in English, Song of Ocol, in 1970.[3]
^lo Liyong, Taban (1993). "On Translating the "Untranslated": Chapter 14 of "Wer pa Lawino" by Okot p'Bitek". Research in African Literatures. 24 (3): 87–92. ISSN 0034-5210.
^Lilleleht, Mark L. (2008). "Review of The Defence of Lawino (Wer pa Lawino)". Research in African Literatures. 39 (2): 156–158. ISSN 0034-5210.
^p'Bitek, Okot (1970). Song of Ocol. East African Publishing House.
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