Ẹgbẹ́ Àtẹ́lẹwọ́

A Yorùbá Book Club and Its Decolonial Project

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ID2173363
AuthorsỌlájídé Michael Salawu (0000-0001-8531-8621, English and Film Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
Year2023
Volume35
Issue4
Pages452-466
Publication date2023-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of African Cultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1369-6815 • E-ISSN: 1469-9346
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13696815.2023.2267005
OpenAlexW4388539229
LanguageVI
Citations received1
References cited21

This article provides a cultural history of book clubs in Nigeria and situates this reading tradition within the context of Anglophone colonial legacies and contemporary Yorùbá language politics. The case study is the Ẹgbẹ́ Àtẹ́lẹwọ́ group, a Yorùbá book club, and their associational life, which began on the Zoom platform in 2020 and later migrated to Twitter in 2021. The argument draws inspiration from the work of Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́, who conceptualises epistemic decolonisation of language as foundational to all decolonial practices. The digital reading practices of Àtẹ́lẹwọ́ book club enable a necessary disruption to literary experience in Nigeria, which is still largely dominated by Anglophone literary legacies. This book club develops a model for readers to participate in decolonial processes, and opens a path for social and cultural development in Nigeria.ABSTRACT IN YORÙBÁÌwádìí yìí pèsè àlàyé àti àgbéyẹ̀wò ìtàn àṣà ẹgbẹ́ òǹkàwé lítírésọ̀ ní orílẹ̀ Nàìjíríà, láti ṣe àfihàn ọ̀nà bí àjogúnbá àṣà gẹ̀ẹ́sì ti pa ipò ìwé kíkà lítírésọ̀ tí a kọ ní èdè Yorùbá padà. Fún àpẹẹrẹ ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ yìí, ìwádìí yìí wo Ẹgbẹ́ Àtẹ́lẹwọ́, tí ó jẹ́ ẹgbẹ́ òǹkàwé Yorùbá àti ìtẹ̀síwájú àṣà, ní orí ayélujára tí Zoom láti 2020, títí dìgbà tí wọ́n dé sí orí Twitter ní 2021. Kókó ìwádìí yìí gba ìmísí nínú àfojúsùn Adélékè Adéẹ̀kọ́ tí ó ṣe àlàyé wípé ìpìlẹ̀ òmìnira lọ́wọ́ àṣà òkèèrè bẹ̀rẹ̀ láti inú èdè tiwa-n-tiwa. Kíka ìwé tí Ẹgbẹ́ Àtẹ́lẹwọ́ ṣe lórí díjítà (ayélujára) sì jẹ́ ohun pàtàkì láti rí ìyípadà nínú ìwé kíkà lórí díjítà eléyìí tí ó kún fún iwé tí a kọ láti ìha ti èdè gẹ̀ẹ́sì. Àgbékalẹ̀ ìwé kíkà láti ọwọ́ ẹgbẹ́ yìí jẹ ìtanijí fún òmìnira, ó sì ṣe ọ̀nà fún ìgbélárugẹ fún àṣà àti ìṣe ní orílẹ̀-ẹ̀dẹ̀ Nàìjíríà eléyìí tí ìwádìí yìí ṣàlàyé.KEYWORDS: Nigerian book clubsẸgbẹ́ Àtẹ́lẹwọ́YorùbáDecolonial practiceKÓKÓ-ÀLÀYÉ: ẹgbẹ́ ònkàwéé Nàìjíríàẹgbẹ́ Àtẹ́lẹwọ́Yorùbáisẹ́ òmìnira Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 https://www.facebook.com/rasaq.m.gbolahan/posts/pfbid0cB9FYyAVaP7wmL3TNu1yWzhGoUGwEp628hHFrkR2PKpo3pduLmQmWyREXFUTeLJml2 https://www.facebook.com/rasaq.m.gbolahan/posts/pfbid0249b1xZyhWDFTmiwje4zRafqGe9ViugmMHVbgGfR9D4kJ9n9auE7uVohUYu5m2RMLl3 https://twitter.com/arojinle14 https://twitter.com/Sci_in_Yoruba5 https://twitter.com/Yorubaness6 https://twitter.com/ThinkYoruba_1st7 https://twitter.com/Sci_in_Yoruba/status/16880696692684390408 https://twitter.com/adebayoknl9 https://www.facebook.com/rasaq.m.gbolahan/posts/pfbid0249b1xZyhWDFTmiwje4zRafqGe9ViugmMHVbgGfR9D4kJ9n9auE7uVohUYu5m2RMLl10 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=874045496370437&set=pcb.87404557303709611 https://x.com/egbeatelewo/status/1260908979179446273?s=46&t=SufswNVUHa3RpziCSMKKVQ12 https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=917610802013906&set=pcb.91761081868057113 https://twitter.com/fitnesscoach_ng14 https://twitter.com/TosinGbogi15 https://x.com/egbeatelewo/status/1267104723267657728?s=46&t=SufswNVUHa3RpziCSMKKVQ (English translation by the author).16 https://twitter.com/theprincelyx17 https://twitter.com/Huswat_Lawal18 https://twitter.com/AsepeoluwaJoy19 https://twitter.com/molarawood20 https://x.com/egbeatelewo/status/1457403568252727306?s=46&t=SufswNVUHa3RpziCSMKKVQ21 https://x.com/egbeatelewo/status/1687529061969489920?s=46&t=SufswNVUHa3RpziCSMKKVQ22 https://twitter.com/egbeatelewo/status/166454815518094950523 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=60549550992377924 https://www.yorubaname.com

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