"Oshoru no Uta" - Oshoru no Uta

Japanese: 《オショルの歌》 - おしょるのうた
"Oshoru no Uta" - Oshoru no Uta

...In the prose poem "Lawino's Song" (1966), a wife who represents African values ​​uses ethnic expressions and images to sharply ridicule and overwhelm her husband who has been castrated by Western culture. In "Oshoru's Song" (1970), the husband tries desperately to defend Western values, but beneath the humor and satire is an unshakable confidence in his ethnic values. "Are Your Teeth White? Then Smile" (1953) is his only novel written in Acholi. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "The Song of Oshor" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…散文詩《ラウィノの歌》(1966)は,アフリカ的価値を代表する妻が民族的表現とイメージを駆使して西欧文化に去勢された夫を鋭く揶揄(やゆ)し,圧倒するもの。《オショルの歌》(1970)では,この夫が西欧的価値の弁護に懸命になるが,ここに見られる諧謔と風刺の底には,民族的価値に対する揺るぎない自信が存在する。《お前の歯は白いか,ならば笑え》(1953)は唯一のアチョリ語小説。…

※「《オショルの歌》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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