Meet AMUNI KUDUS OLAYINKA, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Arabic Literature, African Diaspora In Arabia And The Middle East
Professor
Foreign Languages
At the Foreign Languages department office
Appointment on Visitation important
Topic: AFRICANS AND BLACKNESS THROUGH THE LENS OF ARAB WRITERS
Description: The study is an attempt to critically analyse the discursive narratives on African and blackness by Arab authors. A number of essays have been written of this subject, these include, al-Jahiz d. 868 Fakhr al-Sudan alal-Bidan The Glory of the blacks over the whites , Abu-l-Hassan al-Sirjani d.circa 1077 Kita b. al-Bayad wa-l-Sawwad min Khasa is hikam al- ibad fi na t murid wal-murad The Book of the White and Black form selected wisdom sayings of the Devout about the description of the Disciple and the Master and al-Suyyuti, Nuzhat al- umr fi l-tafidil bayna al and collectively. The socio-political position of the black people as reflected in the works will be assessed.
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Certificate (Arabic Dialectology) | Arab Academy, Cairo Egypt. | 2011 |
BLACK AFRICANS IN ARABIC LITERARY TRADITION
My research work is focused on the literary activities of Black
Africans in Arab milieu. I have worked on the Diwan of ‘Antarab ibn Shaddad and
his literary output as a pivot for the contribution of Black Africans to Arabic
Literary tradition. The work also focused other Black African poets such as Suhaym(d. 660) Nusay B. Rabah(d.726), al-HayqutanNusayb
al-Asghar(d.791) Abu Dulama (d.ca
776) and Da’ud al-adlam (d.ca 750).
The study reveals that the Blacks were once conquerors and rulers
in Asia and Arabia. Black Africans poets in Arabia have used their poetry to
defend their black skin and African pedigree. They are indeed the forerunners
of the Negritude mov ement. In addition, it shows that the Blacks in the Middle
East were capable of carrying out revolts against appalling conditions, but
what could have been a revolution was cut short by leadership problem.
Closely allied to this is the work on the discursive narrative on
blackness and Africans by medieval authors.
AMUNI OLAYINKA is a Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages
AMUNI has a Certificate in Arabic Dialectology from Arab Academy, Cairo Egypt.
