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Bakandamiya: An Elegy

African Poetry Book

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In this book-length epic poem set in northern Nigeria, Saddiq Dzukogi blends the personal with the mythical, part prayer and part praise song, expanding the griot tradition of Bakandamiya, a poetic form from northern Nigeria popularized by Mamman Shata.

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