SPEAKING OUT TO THE HEGEMONIC POWER STRUCTURE: RE-READING RELATIONS IN THE SONGS OF SIMON LONGKANA AGNO ( LONGUE LONGUE )
Journal Title: Asian Journal Social Sciences & Humanities - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper examines the history of music among the Sawa-Yabassi people and charts the relationship between the colonized and the colonizers. The paper further investigates the residual effects of colonialism on Cameroon and Africa as a whole. Other postcolonial concepts discernable in the songs of Simon Longkana Agno (Longué Longué) include: empire writes back and the use of local languages vis-à-vis western languages as a means of defining the self by abrogating and appropriating the colonial language. In view of the above, the paper contends that the modern African bard unlike his traditional counterpart is more and more able to transcend ethnic boundaries in handling crisis. Thus, his role as social regulator is increasingly felt across ethnic to national and international boundaries, as he handles timeless issues that cut across traditions and borders. In the course of the analysis, it was evident that as time changes, the African bard is not left behind. We found out that instead of concentrating more on ethnic issues, the bard transcends ethnic to national and international themes. He draws his audience’s attention to the fact that a write back to the empire is not enough to resolve Africa’s problem. Thus, the germ at home is as virulent (and sometimes more) as the enemy out there. Consequently, Longué Longué believes that a counter revolution at both ends is necessary. In order to escape from the colonialist conceptual paradigm, he manipulates language in a way that truly portrays the postcolonial space in Africa.
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Divine Che Neba Che Neba
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