"Mwongozo": The Study Guide to Swahili Literary Works: Its Role as a Component in Education in Kenya

Designed to play a pedagogic role, mwongozo,1 the study guide to Swahili literature, had by the 1970s already penetrated2 Kenya educational practice, causing the "relationship" between Swahili literature and Swahili literary study to appear more visible, in spite of the opposition inherent...

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Published in:Research in African literatures 2007-12, Vol.38 (4), p.217-226
Main Author: Khamis, Said A. M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
African literature
African studies
African writers
Authors, African
Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989)
British & Irish literature
Creative writing
Critical thinking
Education
Educational materials
Entrance examinations
Fiction
French literature
Ionesco, Eugene (1912-1994)
Irish literature
Kenya
Linguistics
Literary criticism
Literature
Objectives
Review Essay
Romanian literature
Short stories
Study guides
Swahili
Swahili language
Swahili literature
Swahili publications
Textbooks
Writing
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Summary:Designed to play a pedagogic role, mwongozo,1 the study guide to Swahili literature, had by the 1970s already penetrated2 Kenya educational practice, causing the "relationship" between Swahili literature and Swahili literary study to appear more visible, in spite of the opposition inherent in them: literature being an art, and literary study, if not precisely a science, a species of knowledge (Wellek and Warren 15). [...] study guide to Swahili literary works are written mainly to help students prepare for entrance examinations to higher institutions in Kenya.
ISSN:0034-5210
1527-2044
DOI:10.2979/RAL.2007.38.4.217