Pio Zirimu Ugandan Writer
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| Birthplace |
Uganda
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| Died |
1977
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| Nationality |
Ugandan
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| Occupation Text |
writer, Academic
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Pio Zirimu (died 1977) was a Ugandan linguist, scholar and literary theorist. He is credited with coining the word "orature" as an alternative to the self-contadictory term, "oral literature" used to refer to the non-written expressive African traditions. Zirimu was also central in reforming the literature syllabus at Makerere University to focus on African literature and culture instead of the English canon.
