 | This article includes alist of references,related reading, orexternal links,but its sources remain unclear because it lacksinline citations. Please helpimprove this article byintroducing more precise citations.(August 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
The Ozidi Saga is a choreographedfolkloreepic performed as part of theoral history of theIjaw of theNiger River Delta.
It is traditionally performed as a periodic festival honoring thefolk heroOzidi. The performance dramatizes key episodes in the myth danced in anonlinear narrative, allowing a ritual officiant dressed in white and holding objects traditionally identified with the hero to solicit participation by acolytes and members of the audience. A performance in 1966 was filmed and later transcribed and translated byplaywright andpoetJohn Pepper Clark.