National Integration As Potrayed In Jamil Abdullahi’s “Idfaᶜ Billati Hiya Ahsan"
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2017
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Kwara State University Press
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Stories in Arabic written by Nigerians have become a force in the Nigeria literary market today. It is ready to compete with many stories written in other Nigeria national languages. These Arabic novels are written to reflect challenges facing Arabic and Arabs in the Nigerian environment. This implies that they also reflect some elements of nationalism and social integration among Nigerians. Notable among these writings is Jamilu Abdullahi book titled “Idfa Billati Hiya Ahsan”. A careful study of the book expresses some aspects of national integration among various political, cultural and linguistic ethnic groups in Nigeria. Thus, the analyses of these features are examined in this paper. In conclusion, the paper postulates that Arabic stories in Nigeria; especially in the northern Nigeria are committed to the social, political and cultural integrations among Nigerians irrespective of linguistic and religious background.
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The work extracts and analyses areas where national integration is expressed in the literary works of Arabic expression.