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This book explores the influence of oral poetry on Somali politics. By reconstructing the history of the Somali nationalist resistance movement, mainly through the use of political oratory in verse form by its leader, Sayyid Mahammad 'Abdille Hasan', the 'Mad Mullah' of British history, Said Samater shows how an indigenous resource can be harnessed in a non-literate society, not only as a medium of mass communication but also as a tool for acquiring political power. He traces the intimate correlation between language, politics and oral poetry and seeks to suggest to students of African societies ways of examining indigenous forms of communication used by traditional African creators of large-scale organisations in the absence of writing, to influence public opinion. The book is an important contribution to the history of the Horn of Africa and its new material on the role of oral literature in a non-literate society will interest linguists, sociologists and anthropologists, as well as students of folklore and comparative literature.

Revolutionary poetry, Somali --- Political oratory --- Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan's Rebellion, Somalia, 1900-1920. --- Folk literature, Somali --- Somali folk literature --- Somali literature --- Parliamentary oratory --- Political speaking --- Oratory --- Politics, Practical --- Public speaking --- Rhetoric --- Somali revolutionary poetry --- Somali poetry --- Dervish Rebellion, Somalia, 1900-1920 --- Mad Mullah Rebellion, Somalia, 1900-1920 --- History and criticism. --- Political aspects --- Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan, --- Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh, --- Mad Mullah of Somaliland, --- Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, --- Mohammed Abdallah Hasan, --- Xasan, Maxamad Cabdulle, --- Xasan Muxammad Cabdulle, --- Sayid Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan, --- Sayid Muxammad Cabdulle Xana, --- Mohamed ibn Abdullah Hassan, --- Mohamed Abdullah Hassan, --- Mahamed Abdulle Hassan, --- Mohamed Abdulle Hassan, --- Hassan, Mohamed Abdulle, --- Sayyid Mohamed Abdullah Hassan, --- Sayyid Mohamed ibn Abdullah Hassan, --- Sayyid Maḥammad ʻAbdille Ḥasan, --- Maḥammad ʻAbdille Ḥasan, --- Ina Cabdille Xasan, --- Ḥasan, Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh, --- Sayid Maxamad Cabdille Xasan, --- Maxamad Cabdulle Xasan' Rebellion, Somalia, 1900-1920. --- Arts and Humanities --- History --- Hasan, Sayyid M.