Folklore and identity in Joe Khamisi’s selected autobiographical works

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June Chebet Chelule

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Guided by autobiographical and post-colonial theories, this study identified and discussed the use of folklore for sociopolitical identity in Joe Khamisi’s autobiography. The specific objectives were to identify the integration of folklore in the selected work and to interrogate how the author uses folklore to signal sociopolitical identity. The selected autobiography is a good record of Kenya’s immediate history from the colonial period to the present especially from 1943 up to 2007 when the author lost his Bahari constituency seat.

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Chelule, J. C. (2021). Folklore and identity in Joe Khamisi’s selected autobiographical works. Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.58256/njhs.v5i1.556
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June Chebet Chelule, Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, Kenya

June Chebet holds MA in Literature from the University of Nairobi, Kenya. She has a special interest in literature and linguistics.

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Chelule, J. C. (2021). Folklore and identity in Joe Khamisi’s selected autobiographical works. Nairobi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.58256/njhs.v5i1.556

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