Acholi songs, Okot p'Bitek's poetry win PhD at Gulu University
Okumu in his thesis examined Okot p'Bitek's creative use of the Acholi Oral Songs as intertexts in the two mentioned books. He argued that the Acoli oral songs actualized three main forms such as praise, satire and lament conveyed poetically through Proverbs, symbols and imageries.
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Dr Charles Nelson Okumu poses for a photo with Minister Joyce Moriko Kaducu and Tereza Mary Oboo, the chairperson Gulu University Governing Council. (Photo by Claude Omona)
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Charles Nelson Okumu scooped a PhD in Humanities. He studied the intertextuality between Acholi Oral Songs and Okot p'Bitek's poetry; with a comparative study of the Song of