Perspectives on Supernatural Power in Seydou Badian’s Noces Sacrées: A Postcolonial Francophone Literary Discourse

Abstract

Supernatural power refers to the mysterious occurrences of spirit beings that habitually impinge upon human daily experience in the postcolonial francophone African novels. The chosen novel - Seydou Badian’s Noces sacrées substantiates the universal and African core values on tradition, cultural heritage and morality. This study, therefore, examines supernatural powers of the spirits in the struggle for freedom from colonial oppression with the view to discovering the dominant belief in spirits in postcolonial francophone African novels. The study adopted postcolonial theory which emphasises the effect of culture displacement and resistance to domination.