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Songs Of Ishq, Freedom And Rebellion: Selected Kafis Of Bulleh Shah In Translation, Zainab Sattar
Songs Of Ishq, Freedom And Rebellion: Selected Kafis Of Bulleh Shah In Translation, Zainab Sattar
Masters Theses
Abdullah Shah (1680-1757) was the birth name of the boy who would later become one of the most eminent Sufi poets of South Asia, and the master of Sufi lyrics in Punjabi—Bulleh Shah. Living during times of strife and major conflict between the Sikhs and the crumbling Mughal Empire, Bulleh Shah wrote poetry with an underlying humanist and tolerant philosophy that challenged the turmoil of his times. Blind to the bounds of religion and caste in an increasingly divided India, Bullah’s spiritual philosophy and his message of equality found voice in his kafis—a genre of poetry indigenous to the …
Colonialism, Education, And Gabon: An Examination Of The Self-Translation Of Gabonese Citizens In Their Post-Colonial Space Through Education And Language, Moussavou F. Batsielilit
Colonialism, Education, And Gabon: An Examination Of The Self-Translation Of Gabonese Citizens In Their Post-Colonial Space Through Education And Language, Moussavou F. Batsielilit
Masters Theses
ABSTRACT
COLONIALISM, EDUCATION, AND GABON: AN EXAMINATION OF THE SELF-TRANSLATION OF GABONESE CITIZENS IN THEIR POSTCOLONIAL SPACE THROUGH EDUCATION AND LANGUAGE.
SEPTEMBER 2016
MOUSSAVOU FROY BATSIELILIT, B.A., UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
M.A., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
Directed by: Professor Maria Tymoczko
Gabon’s educational model, mode, and language of instruction are similar to that of France. Likewise, the official language in Gabon remains French. The similarities between both countries, as a result, have continued to perpetuate and reinforce the indirect, or direct, influence of French culture in Gabon. The resemblance also contributed to the inability of Gabon to create an independent identity …