TY - JOUR
TI - Sacred weddings of Seydou Badian: when the novel translates decoloniality
AU - Kobenan, Yao
TI - Sacred weddings of Seydou Badian: when the novel translates decoloniality
AB - In the name of a certain theory of race inferiority, the imperialist powers have instituted the slave trade which will annihilate the countries of the Third World, and mainly those of the African continent. They will impose their vision of the world through the universalization of a Cartesian philosophy which has considerably encroached on the local histories of subordinate peoples. Even today, categories of people continue to suffer from the depreciative stereotypes constructed by the settler. For African novelists, the historical truth must be recognized. They therefore write with the aim of restoring the authentic values of these peoples. It is in this perspective that Seydou Badian inscribes his work entitled Sacred Weddings where he magnifies an African tradition which only asks to be recognized as an absolute and autonomous value, through a decolonial writing.
VL - 2020
IS - Numéro 21
PY - 2020
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 27
EP - 41
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.20.002.12023
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/noces-sacrees-de-seydou-badian-quand-le-roman-traduit-la-decolonialite
KW - imperial powers
KW - slave trade
KW - subordinate peoples
KW - decolonialist writing
KW - African tradition