Literature, integration and harmony in northern Nigeria
By: edited by Hamzat I. Abdulraheem, Saeedat B. Aliyu, Ruben K. Akano
Publisher: Kwara State University Press
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Malete, Kwara State, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9789785487022
Subjects: Nigerian literature; Social aspects; Social conditions; Literature and culture; Literature and society
Description: This book explores from various perspectives how the literature of the northern region of Nigeria has promoted the ideology of integration and societal resurgence. Through the diverse cultural productions from this very heterogeneous socio-political region, researchers have dissected the portrayals and characterisations of ideologies which foster harmony among the people who speak a multitude of languages and have an array of cultural practices. These contributions bring to the fore the multiple roles that both indigenous literary productions and those adapted from foreign elements have played in realizing social and cultural integration and advancing collective values of the people of Northern Nigeria.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

English, with one essay in Arabic.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1: Integrating the North through sustenance of its literature; title: Olu ObafemiChapter 2: Dramatic theatre: a nexus for resurgence in the twenty-first century Northern Nigeria; title: Abdullahi Salih AbubakarChapter 3: Northernism in Northern Nigerian literature: a study of al-Yaquti's 'Abaratul-Amal; title: Abdulrazaq M.Kabati & Aliyu O. AhmadChapter 4: Traditional songs as catalysts for integration: a study of selected Ilorin traditional songs; title: Hakeem OlawaleChapter 5: Language and ideology in Tuface Idibia's music; title: Oluwatomi Adeoti & Moshood ZakariyahChapter 6: Sunnie Ododo's broken pitchers and the impossibilities of national resurgence; title: Kayode Niyi AfolayanChapter 7: Originality in Absentia: a study of selected kannywood films; title: Muhammad Muhsin IbrahimChapter 8: Odolaye Aremu's multifunctional genre and songs of exorcism; title: Kehinde Akano, Abbibah Zaka & Garuba GiwaChapter 9: Religious interpretations and their implications on the society in Abubakar Gimba's sacred apples and Elnathan John's born on a Tuesday; title: Sarat Adenike SalihuChapter 10: The didatic dimension of proverbs: a study of Aliyu Kamal's hausa girl; title: Sani AbubakarChapter 11: The true images of Noerthern Nigeria in Kamal's hausa land; title: Hasheem Abdullah TankoChapter 12: Transforming the society through indigenous practices: the "Iyawo-ile" institution in Okunland as a case study; title: Olushola Ayodeji AkanmodeChapter 13: National integration in Jamil Abdullahi's Idfa 'billati hiya ahsan; title: Abdulrazaq M. KatibiChapter 14: Ideologies in conflict: acritical discourse analysis of Auwalu Yusufu Hamza's "Cheating destiny"Chapter 15: Re-thinking the woman in Northern Nigerian literature; title: Abubakar Othman & Razinat Mohammed Chapter 16: Theatre for development and women empowerment in northern Nigeria: a study of 2015 Kuyambana development communication field experience; title: Jubril Abdullahi & Habeeb Adebayo salaudeenChapter 17: Language and cultural values: the African socio-perception to greetings; title: Anne Omotayo AlaiyemolaChapter 18: [provided in arabic language]Chapter 19: [provided in arabic language]