Masking death: Covid-19 inspired humour in the everyday orality of a Luo community in Kenya

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...

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Main Author: Rose Akinyi Opondo
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association 2023-12-01
Series:Tydskrif vir Letterkunde
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Online Access:https://letterkunde.africa/article/view/14691