Ìṣàfihàn onírúurú ọ̀nà ìjóbìnrin nínú àṣàyàn iṣẹ́ ọnà aláwòmọ́ lítíréṣọ̀ Yorùbá: Representations of women dynamism in selected Yorùbá literary genres

Àrìnpé Gbekelolu  ADÉJÙMỌ̀

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Àrìnpé Gbekelolu ADÉJÙMỌ̀ University of Ìbàdàn, Nigeria https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4603-1402

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Literature, Woman, Gender

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Ìmọ̀ nípa ìbáṣepọ̀ tó wa láàrin takọ-tabo ti gbọ̀rẹ̀gẹ̀jigẹ̀ láàrin àwọn onímọ̀ ìjìnlẹ̀ lẹ́lẹ́kajẹ̀ka. Obìnrin àti ipò wọn gẹ́gẹ́ bí àṣà àti ìṣe ti fi lọ́lẹ̀ sì jẹ wọ́n lógún. Àwọn onímọ̀ kan gbà pé àṣà àwùjọ Yorùbá n gbé èrò akọ-lo-lórí lẹ́yìn àmọ́ ọ̀pọ̀ ìwádìí lo tún ti fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀ pé ipò àti ipa pàtàkì ni obìnrin ti kó, tí wọ́n sì tún ń kó láwùjọ Yorùbá. Àfojúsùn iṣẹ́ yìí ni ṣíṣe àyẹ̀wò ipò àti ipa tí obìnrin ń kó nínú ètò àti ẹ̀tọ́ ìlú bí ó ti hàn nínú àṣàyàn lítíréṣọ̀ Yorùbá. Tíọ́rì Ìṣẹ̀tófábo ti Clenora Hudson-Weems ni a gùnlé láti ṣàtúpalẹ̀ àṣàyàn oríkì orílẹ̀, eré-onítàn àti fíìmù Yorùbá tí a mọ̀-ọ́n-mọ̀ yàn láàyò nítorí àkóónú wọn. Àwọn iṣẹ́ ọnà aláwòmọ́ lítíréṣọ̀ náà ni: Akínwùmí Ìṣọ̀lá, Ẹfúnṣetán Aníwúrà, Olú-Ọmọ, Ẹfúnróyè Tinúubú; Oríkì Arẹ̀sà bí ó ti hàn nínú Adébóyè Babalọlá Àwọn Oríkì orílẹ̀ Mẹ́tàdínlógún; àti fíìmù àgbéléwò Fúnmiláyọ̀ Ransome Kútì tí Túndé Babalọlá kọ. Iṣẹ́ yìí fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀ pé ipa pàtàkì ni àwọn obìnrin ti ń kó láwùjọ Yorùbá láti ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ pẹ̀pẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìtàn ṣe fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀. Bákan náà ó hàn pe ajàfẹ́tọ̀ọ́ ọmọnìyàn ní àwọn obìnrin kan. Síwájú sí, ipa tí obìnrin ń kó nínú ètò àti ẹ̀tọ́ ìlú ní ayé àtijọ́ títí di òní kò ṣe é fọbẹ̀ bù dànù. Bákan náà ni iṣẹ́ yìí fi hàn wí pé láti ayébáyé ni àyè ti gba obìnrin ní àwùjọ Yorùbá. Iṣẹ́ yìí tún fi ìdí rẹ̀ múlẹ̀ pé lítíréṣọ̀ Yorùbá jẹ́ ohun èlò láti fi ìjóbìnrin lọ́lẹ̀ láwùjọ. Ó sì tún fi hàn pé a le lò ó láti fi èrò báyéserí ẹni múlẹ̀.

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Studies on gender discourse in African society has been privileged by scholars in almost all discipline. Existing studies in Yorùbá have focused largely on the cultural tradition and role of women. Generally, the Yorùbá people are assumed to be culturally patrilineal with women often subjugated and marginalized. This study, therefore, using Clenora Hudson-Weems African Womanism approach, this paper was designed to examine the dynamism of Yorùbá women as represented in selected Yorùbá literary genres, with a view to establishing the place of women in human, social and national development. The interpretive design was used to examine one Oríkì orílẹ̀, three plays and a home video purposively selected due to their thematic relevance. They are Akínwùmí Ìṣọ̀lá’s Ẹfúnsetán Aníwúra, Olú Ọmọ and Ẹfúnróyè Tinúubú; Oríkì Arẹ̀sà as documented in Adébóyè Babalọlá’s Àwọn Oríkì Mẹ́tàdínlógún and Túndé Babalọlá’s Fúnmiláyọ̀ Ransome Kútì. The texts were subjected to literary analysis. The study reveals that women occupy a significant space in both the pre-literate and contemporary era, with some women emerging as human rights activists and advocates. The paper establishes that Yorùbá literary genres have been used as weapons to negotiate spaces for women, and also as a tool used to herald the voice of women both in the pre-colonial and contemporary Yorùbá society and by extension, the larger Nigerian society.

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