Theory in Poetic Form: Responding to the Book of Clouds

<p>Allow me to begin by professing my profound gratitude to my colleagues for their generous engagement with <em>The Book of Clouds</em>, both at the panel at the AAR in 2024 and in this written form. As a poet has said, “It’s ears’ and hearts’ buying that sets words’ price, not what the selling tongues and pens devise.”</p> <p>I would like to first provide some background to the project’s genesis, before engaging with some of my colleagues’ responses more specifically, explaining my intentions and hopes for this work.</p> <p><strong>Background and Influences</strong></p> <p>I was raised and nurtured in a poetic atmosphere. My father was a poet—he actually wrote part of the Nigerian national anthem—and a musician. My first understanding and critiques of what I later came to know as “colonial modernity” came from discussions of Fela Kuti and Bob Marley’s lyrics with him.</p> <p>In both my early childhood in Lagos and my upbringing in the diaspora in Delaware, I was surrounded by:Madīḥ poetry</p> <p>Christian hymns</p> <p>Reggae, hip-hop, and old-school Afrobeats</p> <p>Yoruba poetic performances at funerals and weddings</p> <p>Discussions of Wole Soyinka’s esoteric poetry and plays</p> <p>My mother introduced me to James Taylor, made me memorize poems by Langston Hughes, and encouraged me to write my own.</p> <p>But despite this fertile ambience, I somehow never thought of poetry as a means of conducting</p> <p></p> <p></p> <div><object style="width:100%;height:600px;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"></object><a href="https://traditionalhikma.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Theory_in_Poetic_Form_Responding_to_the.pdf">Theory_in_Poetic_Form_Responding_to_the</a><a href="https://traditionalhikma.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Theory_in_Poetic_Form_Responding_to_the.pdf">Download</a></div> <p>The post <a href="https://traditionalhikma.com/book-of-clouds/">Theory in Poetic Form: Responding to the Book of Clouds</a> appeared first on <a href="https://traditionalhikma.com">Traditional Hikma</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://traditionalhikma.com/book-of-clouds/" target="_blank">- Enlace a artículo -</a></p> <p>Más info en https://ift.tt/tzoE20p / Tfno. & WA 607725547 Centro MENADEL (Frasco Martín) Psicología Clínica y Tradicional en Mijas. #Menadel #Psicología #Clínica #Tradicional #MijasPueblo</p> <p>*No suscribimos necesariamente las opiniones o artículos aquí compartidos. No todo es lo que parece.</p>