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##issue.vol## 11 ##issue.no## 1 (2022)

The Influence of Christianity in Swahili Literature: The Case of Bongo Flavor Poetry Prophesies

https://doi.org/10.56279/jhss.v11i1.192
Method Samwel

Corresponding Author(s) : Method Samwel

dpadmin@duce.ac.tz

Journal of Humanities & Social Science (JHSS), ##issue.vol## 11 ##issue.no## 1 (2022)

##article.abstract##

The influence of religion in Swahili literature has been a centre of Swahili literary
scholarship discussions from the 1960s to 1980s. During the time, there were two
schools of thought. The first argued that Swahili literature originates from God and that
He is the first artist who transmits creative skills to Swahili artists. The second school
of thought viewed Swahili literature as a product of socio-economic human activities,
and that God has no place in it. By the late 1980s, the discussion on the place of God in
Swahili literature appeared to be concluded by a good number of scholars supporting
the second school of thought. Consequently, today scholars seem to be in agreement
that God has no place in Swahili literature. This article, however, views this agreement
as a serious oversight. Since the Swahili society believes in various kinds of gods and
religions, there is no way their literature will be free from the influence of gods and
religions. Therefore, this article presents the influence of Christianity in Swahili
literature, citing examples from prophesies of bongo flavor poetry.

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