Song of Lawino

Identify the main message of Song of Lawino by Okot p'Bitek

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Bitek's essays ruthlessly critique Africans who have fallen under the spell of such European ideas as Christianity or socialism. His scholarly work provides a deeply sympathetic defense of Acoli culture. Both of these purposes are achieved as well in his poems, especially in "Song of Lawino", which attempt to voice the beliefs and concerns of traditional Acoli culture.

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Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol - Research Article from World Literature and Its Times