"Are your teeth white? Then laugh." - If yours are white, then laugh.

…In “The Song of Oshol” (1970), the husband tries hard to defend Western values, but beneath the humor and satire there is an unshakable confidence in the values ​​of his people. “Are Your Teeth White? Then Laugh” (1953) is his only novel in the Acholi language. He also wrote a collection of folk tales, “The Hare and the Rhinoceros” (1978). …

*The following is a portion of the glossary that refers to the phrase "Are Your Teeth White? Then Smile."

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…《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。民話集《野兎と犀鳥》(1978)もある。…

※「《お前の歯は白いか，ならば笑え》」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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