The Ocean of Orality: Notes on Bedouin Poetry in Western Sahara

The following paper intends to draw an incomplete map of some possible routes to guide an approach to the poetry written by Saharawis, an ancient Bedouin community who currently lives divided between the Western Sahara’s Liberated Territories, the territories occupied by Morocco and the refugee camp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Kent, Dánivir
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Interpretatio. Revista de Hermenéutica
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/283
Acceso en línea:https://revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/interpretatio/index.php/in/article/view/283
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:memoria
nomadismo
poesía
hospitalidad
memory
nomadism
poetry
hospitality
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Sumario:The following paper intends to draw an incomplete map of some possible routes to guide an approach to the poetry written by Saharawis, an ancient Bedouin community who currently lives divided between the Western Sahara’s Liberated Territories, the territories occupied by Morocco and the refugee camps in southwest Argelia. This text seeks to emphasize the priority role that the Saharawi people have given to poetry as part of their daily work, and how it is inseparable from their vital relationship with memory, conceived not as a steady acquis, but as an endless fountain that flows and renews the arteries of life. Hence, the legacy of these nomadic poets is not limited only to their written traces: in the languages of gestures, as well, there is a po-ethic to be discovered, an ethic of patience and lightness to safeguard our future steps.