What is the place of art in the writing, and rewriting, of history? How does individual experience map onto these complex narratives of national histories? Can poetry create a nation? The film, Swahili Fighting Words, attempts to examine ...See moreWhat is the place of art in the writing, and rewriting, of history? How does individual experience map onto these complex narratives of national histories? Can poetry create a nation? The film, Swahili Fighting Words, attempts to examine these questions, through the story of one young man, his family, and the poetic battles that mark his, and potentially, the nation's understandings of Tanzanian history. Written by
Mohamed Yunus Rafiq
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