ALMAJIRI: New African Poetry
ALMAJIRI: New African Poetry
Author(s): Abdul-Rasheed Na?Allah
Edited By Abdul-Rasheed Na?Allah
Purchase: USD $16.95
Type: Book
Language: English
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
Content:: Non Academic
Source: African World Press
Timeline: The Contemporary Age - From 1789 to 2011
Published: 2019
Description
This collection of poems explores the voices of Almajiri, the street beggar-poet, among the Hausa/Fulani and the Yoruba in Nigeria. It addresses contemporary local and global issues and expresses the challenges within Nigeria’s socio-economic world, its resources, and culture. Urgent economic and development issues other Africans in the Diaspora face are also explored. As
