ABSTRACT

For the Oromo, music remains a means of expressing political repression. This study is an exploration of linguistic choices subsumed in an Oromo Protest song, “Maastar Pilaanii” by Caalaa Bultume. In this research, I explored the textual instrumentality of the lyrics of the song as a form of political discourse. To this end, I adopted Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) framework to identify the discourses. The study has made it evident that the selected music has tremendous underlying messages meant to raise the political consciousness of the citizens. The results showed that the functions of coercion, legitimization-delegitimization, resistance, opposition, and dissimulation have been used to convey the embedded messages. The findings of the study also demonstrate that music goes far beyond simply reflecting and describing situations; rather it also serves as a platform through which discursive spaces are contested and opened.

摘要

对于奥罗莫人来说，音乐仍然是表达政治压迫的一种手段。这项研究是对 Caalaa Bultume 的 Oromo 抗议歌曲“Maastar Pilaanii”中包含的语言选择的探索。在这项研究中，我将歌曲歌词的文本工具性作为一种政治话语形式进行了探索。为此，我采用批判性话语分析（CDA）框架来识别话语。该研究表明，所选音乐具有巨大的潜在信息，旨在提高公民的政治意识。结果表明，强制、合法化-去合法化、抵抗、反对和掩饰的功能已被用来传达嵌入的信息。研究结果还表明，音乐远不止是简单地反映和描述情境。