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Folklore and identity in selected Joe Khamisi’s autobiographical works
June Chebet Chelule
Abstract
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 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.
