Kwara State University
Saeedat ALIYU
Designation: Senior Lecturer
Department: Linguistics African and European Languages
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| 1 | The Niger Delta and commitment: An ecocritical analysis of Bassey’s We Thought it was Oil but it was Blood and Otto’s Letters from the Earth |
Contemporary Nigerian writers are contributing significantly to the growing number of nature writings as challenges of environmental degradation; underdevelopment, food insecurity and regional unrests become global frontline issues. This concern that Nigerian writers show for nature and the environment in their writings may have stemmed from the increasing challenges of survival on the masses as a result of poor environmental practices resulting from exploration and exploitation of resources from the land. A significant number of such writings expose and struggle against the exploitative tendencies of governments and multinational companies upon natural resources without the corresponding rehabilitation of both the land and the people. This economic connection has continued to generate angst among African writers and critics who now seek economic freedom from foreign cabals operating in their land. The exploitation of material resources in these former colonies are perceived as forms of re-colonising countries which hitherto, have gained political independence from their colonial masters. This paper attempts the analyses of two collections of poetry which illustrate Nigerian writers’ engagement with and commitment to nature to highlight the economic exploitation of the land and its people. Using the theory- ecocriticism, which justifies the fundamental connection of human culture with the physical world, this paper posits that mass consciousness-awakening to the devastating effects of resource exploitation and land degradation can be engendered through such nature writings. | Aliyu, S.B. | Vol. 1, Number 1. 150-172 | Journal of Arts, Anambra State University | 2013-01-01 | ||