New Age Spirituality, Abiku and Hunger in The Famished Road
This article shows that Okri’s representation of abiku is profoundly shaped by the discursive history it inhabits in the present and inherits from the past. It demonstrates how Okri’s portrayal of a chronically hungry abiku boy is both indebted to and in tension with pre-colonial and colonial abiku...
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| Publicado no: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| Acesso em linha: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Resumo: | This article shows that Okri’s representation of abiku is profoundly shaped by the discursive history it inhabits in the present and inherits from the past. It demonstrates how Okri’s portrayal of a chronically hungry abiku boy is both indebted to and in tension with pre-colonial and colonial abiku discourses and the inter-religious contests they embody, and suggests that Okri’s abiku epic is an object lesson in the pursuit of an African postcolonial spirituality. |
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