Poets as Historians: The Case of Oriki among the Ijebu People of South Western Nigeria
Poets as Historians: The Case of Oriki among the Ijebu People of South Western Nigeria
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作为历史学家的诗人：尼日利亚西南部伊杰布人中的奥里基案例
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10.4314/lwati.v8i3
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2011
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A. Abimbola
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本文以伊杰布兰为案例研究，探讨诗人作为历史学家在约鲁巴社会中的作用。本文所依据的资料是尼日利亚西南部伊杰布人的奥里基（Oriki），以马克思主义理论为理论基础。主要数据来自选定的伊杰布城镇的 Oriki 口头表演，即 Ijebu –Ode、Omu、Ikorodu、Aiyepe、Idowa、Imodi、Ijebu-Igbo；选定的奥巴斯；一些军阀和伊杰布兰的一些著名人物。二手数据包括由伊杰布语使用者和非伊杰布语使用者打蜡的留声机唱片、书面记录以及尼日利亚西南部大学的图书馆和档案文件。研究表明，诗人是历史学家，而伊杰布人（迄今为止人们认为没有奥里基人）确实拥有。这项研究进一步阐明了伊杰布人的起源历史，该人是约鲁巴人，并且伊杰布人与伊费有联系。它还证明伊杰布人与更大的约鲁巴种族有联系，尽管伊杰布人分布在多个州和城镇，但他们仍然是一个民族。与其他约鲁巴人一样，伊杰布人也有自己的军阀。该研究从伊杰布赞美诗的研究中揭示了伊杰布人和剩余的约鲁巴社会之间存在联系。通过伊杰布人的折纸，我们可以找到他们的源头、起源以及迁徙到现在的地点。这项研究为约鲁巴文学的发展做出了贡献，因为它已添加到我们的 Oriki 语料库中。这部作品不仅对文学研究，而且对历史、语言学、社会学、人类学、民族志和文化研究等其他领域的学者都具有巨大的价值。 LWATI：当代研究杂志，8(3), 91-99, 2011
This paper examines the role of poets as historians within the Yoruba society using the Ijebuland as case study. The data on which this paper is based is Oriki among the Ijebu people of South-western Nigeria, using Marxist theory as the theoretical base. The primary data were drawn from oral performance of Oriki from selected Ijebu towns namely Ijebu –Ode, Omu, Ikorodu, Aiyepe, Idowa, Imodi, Ijebu-Igbo; selected obas; some warlords and some notable personalities of Ijebuland. The secondary data were the gramophone records, waxed by Ijebu speakers and non-Ijebu speakers, written records, as well as library and archival documentations from the Universities in the Southwestern part of Nigeria. The study reveals that poets are historians and the Ijebu, a people hitherto believed not to have Oriki indeed have. The study throws more light on the history of the origin of the Ijebu people, the people are a Yoruba people and that the Ijebu people are linked with Ife. It also proves that the Ijebu people are connected to the larger Yoruba race and that the Ijebu are still a people despite their presence in more than one state and towns. The Ijebu people also have their own warlords like other Yoruba people. The study reveals that there is connection between the Ijebu people and the remaining Yoruba society from the Ijebu praise poetry studied. Through the oriki of Ijebu people, we can locate their source, origin and points of migration to their present location. The study contributes to the development of Yoruba literature in that it has added to our corpus of Oriki. This work would be of immense value to scholars of not only literary study but also other fields such as history, linguistics, sociology, anthropology, ethnography and cultural study. LWATI: A Journal of Contemporary Research , 8(3), 91-99, 2011