The spoken word is only a tiny bit of orature: it is poetic… - Micere Githae Mugo

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The spoken word is only a tiny bit of orature: it is poetic oracy and oracy is what I define as the skillful use of linguistic-expression to create utterance that renders itself to performance.

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Micere Githae Mugo (born Madeleine Micere Githae; 1942 – 30 June 2023) was a playwright, author, activist, instructor and poet from Kenya. She was a literary critic and professor of literature in the Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University. She was forced into exile in 1982 from Kenya during the Daniel Arap Moi dictatorship for activism and moved to teach in Zimbabwe, and later the United States.

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Alternative Names: Madeleine Micere Githae • Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo

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He is a comrade; he was a friend when my own people did not want me.

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