Ecocriticism: Locating the Animist Figurings in Remi Raji’s Sea of My Mind

Abiodun Babatunde Oluseye, Senayon Olaoluwa and Charles Ogbulogo

SAGE Open, 2020, vol. 10, issue 3, 2158244020941468

Abstract: This article is an ecocritical reading of Remi Raji’s Sea of My Mind (2013). We argue that the collection is a fine illustration of the animist turn in ecocriticism. By engaging with the import of the natural elements that incarnate with the imagination of the sea, we discuss the various ways in which Raji’s poetic oeuvres address the environmental exigencies of the times. We also show how the centrality of natural elements in the work pinpoints the limits of human agency. We further argue that the concern of the collection serves to amplify, from the Nigerian perspective, the necessity of maintaining the delicate balance of relations between humans and the nonhuman others, while not losing sight of the imperative of mitigation to forestall catastrophes of the apocalyptic scale.

Keywords: ecocriticism; Remi Raji; animism; poetic oeuvres; human agency; Nigerian perspective (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244020941468

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