Preface Wilfred Lajul Introduction: Exploring Philosophy and Language in African Literature Wilfred Lajul Part I: Language in African Literature Chapter 1: An African Theoretical Basis of Philosophy and Language in African Literature Wilfred Lajul Chapter 2: The Wrongness of Slurs: Harm, Disrespect, and Discord Thaddeus Metz Chapter 3: Politics of Language in African Literature: Ngugi w'Thiongo and Chinua Achebe's Debates Sarah Amarorwot Part II: Philosophy and Language in African Poetry Chapter 4: Protest and Difference in the Poetry of Okot p'Bitek: A Case Study of Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol Charles Nelson Okumu Chapter 5: Changing Trends in Poetry of Protest in East Africa: A Case Study of Selected Poems of Susan Kiguli and Jared Angira Peace Yikiru Chapter 6: The Concept of Death in Selected Poems of Timothy Wangusa Dorica Deborah Mirembe Part III: Philosophy and Language in African Novels Chapter 7: Anarchy in a State of Harmony: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart Aloysius Tenywa Malagala Chapter 8: Political and Cultural Revival Discourse in Wole Soyinka's Novels Wilfred Lajul Chapter 9: Ba's Novel, So Long a Letter : A Glimpse of Women's Resilience Amidst Cultural and Religious Oppression in Sub-Saharan Africa Betty J. Okot Part IV: Philosophy and Language in African Drama Chapter 10: Language of Freedom in the Trial of Dedan Kimathi and I Will Marry When I Want Peace Yikiru Chapter 11: Clash of Values in Wole Soyinka's Drama, The Lion and the Jewel : A Colonial Lens, and the African as the 'Other' Beatrice Abonga Ajok and Gloria Rashid Akello Conclusion: Significance of Philosophy and Language in African Literature Wilfred Lajul About the Contributors.