Rose Akinyi Opondo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6003469 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rose Akinyi Opondo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rose Akinyi |
| FAMILY NAME | Opondo |
| SIGNATURE | OPONDO R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Moi University |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-1960-771X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An ecocritical reading of Okot p’Bitek’s “Chameleon and Elephant”
In this article, we undertake an eco-critical analysis of an Acholi traditional oral folktale rewritten by Okot p’Bitek in his oral literature text Hare and Hornbill as an allegorical narrative with the title “Chameleon and Elephant”. We do this to examine the Acoli community’s perceptions of the natural environment and its sustenance of life. Through close reading and content analysis within the paradigm of ecological considerations, in this art…
Masking death
Death, especially death which comes through disease, is often a hard subject that the human mind wishes to bury deep in the unconscious. The lack of ease with impending death eventually finds expression in everyday discourse. In this paper I look at performance of Covid-19 discourse through humour in a short episode of everyday orality of a Luo community in Uyoma, Siaya, in Kenya. The performance of the everyday language is textualized to display…
Oral storytelling and national kinship
The story, in the form of the oral narrative, has always been a communalizing genre in the traditional African setting. It then functioned as a tool that brings together not only the artist and the particular audience, but also the entire community within which the performances are derived and performed. However, postcolonial, modern and global situations have greatly impacted on the traditional kinship structures in Africa and kinship fostering …
Oral storytelling and national kinship
The story, in the form of the oral narrative, has always been a communalizing genre in the traditional African setting. It then functioned as a tool that brings together not only the artist and the particular audience, but also the entire community within which the performances are derived and performed. However, postcolonial, modern and global situations have greatly impacted on the traditional kinship structures in Africa and kinship fostering …
Oral storytelling and national kinship
The story, in the form of the oral narrative, has always been a communalizing genre in the traditional African setting. It then functioned as a tool that brings together not only the artist and the particular audience, but also the entire community within which the performances are derived and performed. However, postcolonial, modern and global situations have greatly impacted on the traditional kinship structures in Africa and kinship fostering …
Masking death
Death, especially death which comes through disease, is often a hard subject that the human mind wishes to bury deep in the unconscious. The lack of ease with impending death eventually finds expression in everyday discourse. In this paper I look at performance of Covid-19 discourse through humour in a short episode of everyday orality of a Luo community in Uyoma, Siaya, in Kenya. The performance of the everyday language is textualized to display…
An ecocritical reading of Okot p’Bitek’s “Chameleon and Elephant”
In this article, we undertake an eco-critical analysis of an Acholi traditional oral folktale rewritten by Okot p’Bitek in his oral literature text Hare and Hornbill as an allegorical narrative with the title “Chameleon and Elephant”. We do this to examine the Acoli community’s perceptions of the natural environment and its sustenance of life. Through close reading and content analysis within the paradigm of ecological considerations, in this art…
Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Oral literature (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Close reading (1 work)