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Orisa Sanponna: Indigenous health systems, disability, and morality in Osofisan’s dramaturgy

Tydskrif vir letterkunde, 2022-09, Vol.59 (2), p.50-58 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2022. This work is published under https://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/tvl/about (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License. ;ISSN: 0041-476X ;EISSN: 2309-9070 ;DOI: 10.17159/tl.v59i2.11931

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  • Title:
    Orisa Sanponna: Indigenous health systems, disability, and morality in Osofisan’s dramaturgy
  • Author: Olu-Osayomi, Olusegun ; Adebua, Babatunde
  • Subjects: African literature ; Deities ; Disability ; Epistemology ; Femi Osofisan ; indigenous health systems ; Morality ; Narrative theme ; Native literature ; Nigerian literature ; Ontology ; Orisa Sanponna ; Osofisan, Femi ; Social construction ; Sociology ; Yoruba
  • Is Part Of: Tydskrif vir letterkunde, 2022-09, Vol.59 (2), p.50-58
  • Description: The relevance of indigenous literature (by this is meant African literature) as an important resource for the interrogation and understanding of the social construction of the body, illness, or well-being in the African context seems not to be of primary interest to most African researchers in the field of sociology of health. In this article we explore how the notion of Sanponna (the smallpox deity) depicted in Femi Osofisan’s play Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels can be integrated into disability and indigenous health systems in a way that acknowledges both the biological and social facts as well as how this experience can be interrogated within the domain of epistemological, ontological, and moral foundations and concerns. We rely on mythological and analytical approaches as the theoretical underpinning. We begin with a brief explanation of the concept and potential of Sanponna in Yoruba metaphysics. We also look for relationships between moral values and other socio-psychological dimensions and traditional understandings of disability. Thereafter, we briefly examine Orisa Sanponna and its possible impacts on characters and disability in Esu and the Vagabond Minstrels and conclude with an explanation of the relevance of the themes explored by Osofisan in the play to the Nigerian contemporary experience and situation.
  • Publisher: Pretoria: Tydskrif vir Letterkunde Association
  • Language: English;Afrikaans
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0041-476X
    EISSN: 2309-9070
    DOI: 10.17159/tl.v59i2.11931
  • Source: African Journals Online (Open Access)
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