A critical analysis of "Baubawan Burmi, kassasaɓarmu ce kan zaɓar jagora" by Aminu Ladan Abubakar (ALA)

Authors

  • Shuaibu Hassan Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32690/SALC55.3

Keywords:

Hausa poetry, Aminu Ladan Abubakar, Baubawan Burmi, Nigerian election

Abstract

This paper explores understanding of literature as a medium through which poets address issues in order to reach their audience with a message of service to the community or the society more broadly. Poets engage the society through their literary composition by using the language that pleases and, through entertainment, they try to put across ideas of bringing a change. The analysis focuses on 21st century Hausa poetry of Aminu Ladan Abubakar (ALA) to portray how his poem, Baubawan Burmi, Kasassaɓarmu Ce Kan Zaɓar Jagora ‘Our mistake in choosing a leader’ entertains, enlightens, and educates electorates of Northern Nigeria and beyond about the nature of leadership and the mistakes committed when electing public office holders.

References

Abrams, M. H. 1953. The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition. London: Oxford University Press.

Akinmade, C. A. 2009. “Figures of Association and Sound in some Nigerian Proverbs: Examples from Ondo Culture. African Research Review 3(3). 118-132.

Amin, M. L. 2006. “Reformism as a theme in Hausa Religio-political Poetry.” Journal of African Cultural Studies 18(2). 235-245.

Amin, M. L. 2015. “Cultural Imperialism and Hausa Folklore in a Globalized World: The Case of Hausa Song”. Harshe. Journal of African Languages 9. 145-169.

Azikiwe, N. 1937. Renascent Africa. London: Frank Cass and Company Limited.

Bargery. G. P. 1934. A Hausa-English Dictionary and English-Hausa Vocabulary. London: Oxford University Press.

Brooks, V. W. 1941. On Literature Today. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.

Ɗangambo, A. 2007. Ɗaurayar Gadon Feɗe Waƙa [The Reviewed Version of Poetic Analysis]. Kano: Amana Publishers Ltd.

Eyong, C. T., M. Millens & Irene I. Foy. 2010. “Literature and Culture – the Sustainability Connection from an African Perspective.” Regional Sustainable Development Review 2. 212-240.

Junaidu, I. 1988. “Linguistic Analysis of Hausa Meter”. Research in African Literatures. Special Issue on Language and Style 19(3). 350-364.

Levi, A. W. 1976. “Literature as a Humanity”. The Journal of Aesthetic Education 10 (3-4). 45-60.

McDonald, R. 2007. The Death of the Critic. London: Continuum.

Newman, P. 2007. A Hausa-English Dictionary. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.

Olatunji, O. O. 1979. “The Yoruba Oral Poet and His Society”. Research in African Literatures 10(2). 179-207.

Skinner, N. 1980. An Anthology of Hausa Literature. Zaria: Northern Nigerian Publishing Company.

Steinberg, T. L. 2017. “On Literature, the Humanities, and Humanity.” Fredonia: State University of New York.

Downloads

Published

2021-11-29

How to Cite

Hassan, S. (2021). A critical analysis of "Baubawan Burmi, kassasaɓarmu ce kan zaɓar jagora" by Aminu Ladan Abubakar (ALA). Studies in African Languages and Cultures, (55), 73–86. https://doi.org/10.32690/SALC55.3

Issue

No. 55 (2021)

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2021 Studies in African Languages and Cultures

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

The SALC is a BOAI-compliant open access journal. The journal content is freely available on the journal website. All journal content appears on the licence Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of the first publication, the work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).

Authors are required to sign and send copies of Article Publishing Agreement and Fields of Exploitation statement prior to article's publication.