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Satire in Joe Ushie’s <i>Hillsongs and Lambs at the Shrine</i>


Itang Ede Egbung

Abstract

This paper examines the use of satire by Joe Ushie in Hillsongs and Lambs at the Shrine. The collections condemn the ills in the society, failure of leadership, bribery and corruption and all kinds of vices in the society. Through these satirical devices, the reader is awaken into looking deeper at some of the things taken for granted and the society is cleansed of all the ills that hinders its progress.

LWATI: A Journal of Contemporary Research, 9(2), 135-143, 2012

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