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Revisiting "Home" in Ghanaian Poetry: Awoonor, Anyidoho and Adzei
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In: CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (2020)
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Abstract:
The idea of “home” is a significant occurrence in postcolonial literature, as it connects to other ideas as identity, nationhood, and culture. This paper discusses “home” in Ghanaian poetry focusing on three well-regarded poets: Kofi Awoonor, Kofi Anyidoho, and Mawuli Adzei. These poets come from the Ewe ethnic group, and engage with the Pan-African project in both their scholarly and creative expressions. Drawing on John Berger, Sara Dessen, and Ewe thought on the afterlife, this paper suggests two major types of “home” in the works of these three poets: the physical, and the metaphysical. Physical “home” refer to the Wheta traditional area, Ghana, Africa and her Diaspora, while the metaphysical refers to tsieʄe or aʋlime - the afterlife. The paper also discusses why “home” is significant to these poets and how their portrayal of ‘home’ is a starting point for the next generation of Ghanaian poets.
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Keyword:
(im)migrant; Africa; African Languages and Societies; and ethnic minority writing; and literature; Anglophone outside British Isles and North America; Arts and Humanities; comparative cultural studies; comparative humanities; comparative literature; comparative popular culture; comparison of marginalities and culture; comparison of primary texts across languages and cultures; cultural studies; culture; culture and sociology; diasporic; education; Ewe; exile; Ghanaian poetry; home; intercultural studies; linguistics and culture; literary theory; Literature in English; new works and authors in a comparative context; Poetry; postcolonial; postcolonial and colonial studies; Religious Thought; Theology and Philosophy of Religion
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URL: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb/vol21/iss6/1
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3007&context=clcweb
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In: CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (2016)
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In: CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (2016)
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In: CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (2016)
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In: CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (2016)
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In: CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture (2016)
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