Art of resistance
Negation, Ojaide and the remaking of the Niger delta
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6031036 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Uzoechi Nwagbara (0000-0001-6724-9167, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-93 |
| Publication date | 2012-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Identities (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1472-5843 • E-ISSN: 1472-5851 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14725843.2012.629141 |
| OpenAlex | W2086758407 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
This paper is focused on Tanure Ojaide's poetry as ecocritical art for negating ecological imperialism, which he envisions is one of the major causes of political impasse, ecological malaise and socio-economic dissonance in the Niger delta of Nigeria as well as a fundamental obstacle to its remaking. In order to remake this region for environmental and developmental sustainability, Ojaide's poetics advances the possibility of this through art of resistance, a kind of dissidence poetry couched in ecocriticism that negates ecological imperialism, a capitalist practice that destroys the Niger delta environment. Ecocriticism is a type of aesthetics or artistic representation that considers the nature of the relationship existing between literature and the natural environment. The central idea of this paper is that Ojaide's ecocritical poetry is premised on questioning as well as negating imperialist operations in the Niger delta, where the activities of the multinationals in partnership with Nigeria's political class have left a ledger of destruction, deprivation and violence. Thus, in Ojaide's contention, since art is a refraction of realities in human world, it could be a potent instrument in remaking Nigeria for sustainable development through the insights and possibilities that it offers
Aesthetics · Anthropocentrism · Art · Ecocriticism · Ecological crisis · Environmental ethics · Literature · Niger delta · Poetics · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Sociology · American and British Literature Analysis · Law · Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Ecology
The Environmental Imagination
Morning yet on creation day
Ethnic Minority Conflicts and Governance in Nigeria
The Wretched of the Earth
Exile and globalization in the poetry of Tanure Ojaide
Escaping the Resource Curse
Oil Extraction, Dispossession, Resistance, and Conflict in Nigeria's Oil-Rich Niger Delta
Art History, Ecocriticism, and the Ends of Man
Writing resistance
Writing in a State of Siege
Theory, Literature, and Moral Considerations
Politics, ethno-religious conflicts and democratic consolidation in Nigeria
African Literature and African Historical Experiences
The Economy of Manichean Allegory
| Highly cited | No |
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