Classical Arabic Maqāma in Yorubaland, Nigeria

Sulaiman Adewale Alagunfon, Ph.D. (Freie Universität Berlin, 2023), is a researcher with teaching experience at Nigeria's Ekiti State University. His research interests include Arabic literary culture and the intellectual history of the Bilād al-Sūdān, on which he is widely published.

• AcknowledgementsForewordList of Maps, Figures and Tables1 IntroductionContextualizing the Maqāma Genre in the Arabic Literary Map of Yorubaland, Nigeria1 The Yoruba-Nigerian Arabic literary tradition2 Maqāma in the Nigerian Arabic literary chart3 Scholars: dramatis personae4 Methods and sources5 Overview of chapters2 The Scholarly SettingThe Influence and Evolution of the maqāma in a Socio-Educational Context1 The Arabic reading public2 The maqāma and the reading public3 “Learn a maqāma and teach it to others”4 Investigating (un)translatability5 Debates, critiques, and the literary space3 The Public SphereThe Socio-Cultural Significance and the Multifaceted Role of the maqāma in Nigerian Society1 “Secret of life”2 Generating friends and foes3 Maqāma sociability4 Patronage and propaganda5 The political economy of the maqāma: publishing and marketing strategies6 The spiritual factor: talismanic uses of the maqāma4 Emotional DimensionsUnraveling the Emotional Landscape of the Nigerian Maqāma Production1 Emotion and the contexts of motivation2 Traits of emotions3 The language of emotion4 Representing the physical manifestations of emotion5 Emotions in the vernacular5 The Old WayStructures and Sources of the Nigerian Maqāmāt in Comparative Perspective1 Nigerian mqāmāt: structure, content and style2 Additional sourcesConclusionAppendixGlossarySources and BibliographyIndex