Hybridity in Yorùbá poetry of Ọlánrewájú Adépọ̀jù.
The article examines Adépọ̀jù's poetry with the view to engaging his oeuvre and theoretically characterising his practice using Homi Bhabha's theory of hybridity. The article considers how Yorùbá culture and Islamic religion collide and effect a conflicting sense of identity in Ọlánrewájú Adépọ̀jù's...
| Publicado en: | African Studies Vol. 78; no. 3; pp. 423 - 438 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2019
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| Sumario: | The article examines Adépọ̀jù's poetry with the view to engaging his oeuvre and theoretically characterising his practice using Homi Bhabha's theory of hybridity. The article considers how Yorùbá culture and Islamic religion collide and effect a conflicting sense of identity in Ọlánrewájú Adépọ̀jù's chanted poetry. It argues that Adépọ̀ju's poetry represents a different tradition in Yorùbá poetry, having evolved out of the fusion of Islamic religion and Yorùbá culture. The article concludes that Adépọ̀jù's poetry displays border zone tensions between socio-political and religious mandates on the one hand, and contradiction in-between Yorùbá culture and Islamic religion on the other. |
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