À la gloire du folklore Ijo : A Sailor’s Son de Christian Ịjọ Otobotekere
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https://doi.org/10.17159/tl.v61i2.16823Mots-clés :
Christian Otobotekere, folklore, l'Okun, Ijo, chanson traditionnelle, IsinaboRésumé
La relation entre la poésie africaine moderne et le folklore est un sujet qui suscite l'intérêt des chercheurs en études littéraires africaines. Cependant, cette relation n'a pas été examinée en profondeur dans la poésie de Christian Otobotekere, un roi et poète dont les œuvres culturelles ont principalement été analysées sous l'angle de l'écocritique. Cet article explore la place du folklore Ijo (ou "Ijaw") dans le recueil d'Otobotekere A Sailor's Son 1 : In the Wake of Games and Dances (2015). Il est constaté que ce recueil fait fréquemment référence au folklore de son peuple, notamment à travers les chants funèbres, la poésie au tambour, les berceuses, les histoires au clair de lune, les modèles de danse et les styles musicaux, ainsi que des éléments tels que la simplicité, la répétition, l'allusion, le dialogue et l'interpellation directe Ịjọ. L'incorporation du folklore Ijo par Otobotekere rend sa poésie performative et lui permet d'atteindre ce que l'on appelle généralement "l'oralité écrite". Otobotekere vise principalement à présenter ces aspects du folklore aux lecteurs non-Ijo et à les documenter pour les générations futures de la communauté Ijo dans la région pétrolifère du delta du Niger au Nigeria. Cette étude s'adresse aux chercheurs dans les domaines de la littérature et du folklore, car elle contribue au discours sur l'interaction entre ces deux disciplines.
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