Fatou Diome’s Le ventre de l’Atlantique
Re-configuring local discourses of emigration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13048764 |
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| Authors | Marame Gueye (0009-0001-7523-3330, East Carolina University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 472-485 |
| Publication date | 2020-04-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the African Literature Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2167-4736 • E-ISSN: 2167-4744 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21674736.2020.1750135 |
| OpenAlex | W3019483435 |
| Language | FR |
| References cited | 4 |
This article uses Wolof idioms related to Senegalese migration to France such as dem ci kaaw bi (to go to the cave/France) and dem Jolof (to go back to Jolof/Senegal) in order to read Fatou Diome's Le ventre de l'Atlantique (The Belly of the Atlantic). It argues that the novel mimics the polysemy of these terms and coins a new one: toog Jolof (to stay/remain in Senegal) as an alternative to clandestine migration
Archaeology · Art · Cave · Emigration · Ethnology · Geography · Humanities · Linguistics · Order (exchange · Polysemy · African history and culture studies · Caribbean and African Literature and Culture · History · Migration and Exile Studies · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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