Enunciative Dynamics in Gabonese Poetry: An Exploration of “Sanglotites Équatoriales” by Nadia Origo

“Sanglotites équatoriales” is a discourse that reveals a singular dynamic. Through this poem rises a voice that is in tune with that of the oppressed to create a statement that challenges an audience sensitive to a cause: to denounce the violence of warlords against the weak populations of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. The objective of the writer-speaker is to revive these horrible acts, in order to make people aware of the seriousness of the situation. Indeed, the poem becomes a cry of alarm since it exposes a fact that the authorities want to conceal. A descriptive poem, but above all a lyrical one, the sender irremediably leads his multiple speakers to form a community with him. It is in this sense that Nadia Origo’s “Sanglotites équatoriales” acquires an intersubjective posture. The aim of this article is to show how the poem “Sanglotites équatoriales” allows the writer-speaker to speak and create a dynamic space of communication. Hence the choice to explore it using the theoretical and analytical tools of the stylistics of enunciation. Keywords: Apostrophe, Dialogue, Interaction, Scenography, Subjectivity, Intersubjectivity