Selected Poetry of Okot p'Bitek Glossary

By Lina Christoph · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed March 22, 2018

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Written by Lina Christoph

comrade

colleague, ally

uhuru

Swahili word for freedom

fetch

to collect, to get

duiker

a type of antelope, mainly found in Africa

Nile perch

a type of freshwater fish, found in African rivers

primitive

barbaric, crude, undeveloped, simple

charcoal

coal used in fires

kongoni

a type of antelope, mainly found in Africa

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