Heavenly drops

Heavenly drops

Iba Ndiaye Diadji, a Senegalese professor of aesthetics, sees water as intrinsic to African ontology. He also argues that water is the most important substance to inspire African artists. (Diadji 2003: 273–275.) Water certainly has a significant role in Swahili poetry, written traditionally by peopl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ranne, Katriina
Other Authors: Universitiy of London, Department of Languages and Cultures of Africa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig 2012
Subjects:
islamische Swahili-Poesie
Wassersymbolik
Kolonialzeit
Deutsch-Ostafrika
Islamic Swahili Poesie
imagery water
colonial times
German East Africa
ddc:496
Swahili
Versdichtung
Deutsch-Oastafrika
Symbolik
Wasser <Motiv>
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