Kirari as Autobiography in Hausa Praise Poetry - Advances in Literary Study

ALS > Vol.6 No.3, July 2018

Kirari as Autobiography in Hausa Praise Poetry ()

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DOI: 10.4236/als.2018.63010 1,455 Downloads 5,053 Views Citations

Author(s)

Chaibou Elhadji Oumarou

Affiliation(s)

Department of English, Univerité Abdou Moumouni de Niamey, Niamey, Niger.

ABSTRACT

This study shows that autobiography exists in oral civilizations by exploring Kirari in Hausa praise poetry. The study focuses on the forms of Kirari that clearly bring out the autobiographical elements that illustrate the autobiographer’s conscious awareness of the singularity of his or her life and achievements and the uniqueness of their identity among the members of their community and/or profession. These forms of Kirari are identified in excerpts from Hausa hunters’ heroic self-praise and from Bakandamiya by the singer Maman Shata Katsina.

KEYWORDS

Hausa, Oral Autobiography, Kirari, Niger, Nigeria

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Oumarou, C. (2018) Kirari as Autobiography in Hausa Praise Poetry. Advances in Literary Study, 6, 120-134. doi: 10.4236/als.2018.63010.

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