Oct 11, 2014
Day 2: Song of Lawino, by Okot p'Bitek (7th June 1931–20th July 1982) |Uganda Song of Lawino was published in 1966, and is a narrative poem that describes how Lawino's husband, Ocol, the son of the tribal leader of the Acoli tribe, has a new white wife,Clementine. It was originally written in Acholi, and self-translated in to English "I lived for double English lessons in high school. That's when we'd read and analyse work by African authors. 'Poems from East Africa' and Okot p'Bitek's 'Song of Lawino' offered a doorway into poetry, into spaces and to ideas that I could finally connect with." - Wanjeri Gakuru Book availability: bitly.com/Day002 Photo: Wanjeri Gakuru | Photography by Mutua Matheka #100DaysofAfricanReads