The Verity of the Intelligence of the Drunken Behaviour in Swahili Literature

This article examines the verity of the drunken character's statements by referring to Swahili books. The basic data presented have been obtained by a careful reading method in selected books. A review of the documents used to verify the primary data was obtained by electronic and library methods. The analysis and discussion of the presented data were guided by the theory of Humour. The results show how the drunken character was artistically constructed as one of the methods to avoid communication challenges when he clearly explains the issues affecting his society and government. The drunken character is used to convey the writer's expectations for his society. The position has given the author a wide opportunity to crawl as much as he can to make clear all the things that cannot be said by the characters that are in conscious decision. Issues concerning the real state of the economy, politics, leadership and the basic needs of society are presented without blinking an eye through the drunken character. This article concludes that the drunken character is one of the agents of writers used in literary works for the reason that it reveals and makes clear all the things that cannot be said by the characters while in a state of conscious decision.