Flight : In Search of Vision

by Naallah, Abdul Rasheed; Stewart, James B.

• ISBN13: 9781592212323
• ISBN10: 1592212328
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-31
• Publisher: Africa World Pr

Summary

Ahmaduu Fulani is a book of performance poetry celebrating the memory of the poet's father. The anthology also addresses issues of national and international significance, human and envirnmental rights, and speaks out against injustice no matter who the oppressed or the oppressors are. With three languages (English, Yoruba and Hausa) sharing the page readers need to perform the poetry to realise their full meanings and literary aesthetics. The invocation of the street poetry tradition of Nigerian street beggars and oral singers is fully realised in this book.

Author Biography

Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah, poet and scholar, is also the author of Almajiri: A New African Poetry (AWP 2001), and editor of The People's Poet: Emerging Perspectives on Niyi Osundare (AWP 2003) and Ogoni's Agonies: Ken Saro-Wiwa and the Crisis in Nigeria (AWP 1998)

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. iii
Acknowledgements	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Memory
Fulani o Filango	p. 3
Memory (1)	p. 7
Memory (2)	p. 8
Growing	p. 12
Ahmadu Fulani	p. 13
Loving New Moon	p. 14
Soccer Star	p. 15
Despair, Hopes, Wishes
Stone's Throw	p. 19
Moon	p. 20
Raining Still	p. 21
Globalization
Oil Price	p. 27
Alara	p. 28
Changing the World	p. 29
How many	p. 30
Bombou	p. 31
Global Africa	p. 32
Authoritarian, Curious Patriotism
ADIEU, Abacha	p. 37
Patriotism	p. 38
I no Sabi o!	p. 40
Let's Speak Yoruba, Hausa
Baba ni babaami	p. 45
Eniyan soro	p. 46
Irele rere	p. 47
Kongi! Kongi oo!	p. 48
Abiku	p. 50
Jawabi ta Sakkwatawa	p. 52
Ta'ala bami gberu mi dori (1)	p. 53
Ta'ala bami gberu mi dori (2)	p. 56
Yaya ba komi	p. 59
Iyaami	p. 63
Dankeli Burodi Buzu	p. 64
Omo mi Asabi	p. 67
Mai arziki ko akwara ya sai da ruwa	p. 70
Tributes, Salutations
Anew, Day Comes Anew	p. 75
Iyemaja yee ye yeee!	p. 77
Ilorin Afonja, Geri Alimi	p. 80
Veronica	p. 82
Adiza	p. 83
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