ALMAJIRI PB Religious ” —The New York Times

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the contributors to this volume include Na'im Akbar

ISBN-10 : 097229905X

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1556521898

ALMAJIRI PB Religious ” —The New York TimesThis 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 Nigerias socio economic world, its resources, and culture. Urgent economic and development issues other Africans in the Diaspora face are also explored. As a book of performance poetry, Almajiri includes many refrains in Hausa and Yoruba