African religious concepts and practices as portrayed in Achebe's Novels
المؤلفون المشاركون
Guam, Bahr al-Bin Harun
Babikir, Yusuf Umar
المصدر
Journal of Science and Technology : in Humanities
العدد
المجلد 17، العدد 4 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2016)، ص ص. 204-215، 12ص.
الناشر
جامعة السودان للعلوم و التكنولوجيا عمادة البحث العلمي
تاريخ النشر
2016-12-31
دولة النشر
السودان
عدد الصفحات
12
التخصصات الرئيسية
الموضوعات
- القرن الحادي و العشرون
- نيجيريا
- القصة
- النقد الأدبي
- الشعائر الدينية
- الأدباء
- الأفارقة
- أتشيبي، تشينوا، 1930-2013
الملخص EN
This paper attempts to explore how successful Achebe is in portraying the African religion concepts and practices in selected novels by Achebe.
Sudanese Nuba's traditional religion in the Nuba Mountains is taken as a reference to support the view that these novels really depict Igbo’s religion concepts and rituals.
The study traces Igbo religion concepts, and practices including funeral rites in Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God and No Longer at Ease, and then compares them with those of the Nuba’s.
The research employs the descriptive analytical method, and in it is shown that there are considerable similarities between the two communities in religious beliefs, and funeral ceremonies.
These similarities definitely support Achebe and other African writers in their argument with their European counterparts, who contend that the Africans have no culture of their own.
Igbo and Nuba believe that there is one creator, the almighty, who created the universe.
But they claim that there are other lesser gods and goddess and spirits, who help the almighty god.
However, they think that their dead ancestors protect their living descendants, punish, or bless them as the god the almighty's mediators.
They also believe in life after, thus their funeral ceremonies are highly ritualized; including drumming, animal sacrifices, and dancing.
The study reveals that Africa has a great and rich religious system, which had organized people's way of life spiritually, socially, and politically.
The study is believed to benefit students of literature, linguistics, history, to instigate religious debates and comparative researches on the topic.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Guam, Bahr al-Bin Harun& Babikir, Yusuf Umar. 2016. African religious concepts and practices as portrayed in Achebe's Novels. Journal of Science and Technology : in Humanities،Vol. 17, no. 4, pp.204-215.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-754224
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Guam, Bahr al-Bin Harun& Babikir, Yusuf Umar. African religious concepts and practices as portrayed in Achebe's Novels. Journal of Science and Technology : in Humanities Vol. 17, no. 4 (Dec. 2016), pp.204-215.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-754224
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Guam, Bahr al-Bin Harun& Babikir, Yusuf Umar. African religious concepts and practices as portrayed in Achebe's Novels. Journal of Science and Technology : in Humanities. 2016. Vol. 17, no. 4, pp.204-215.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-754224
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 214-215
رقم السجل
BIM-754224
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
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