Scholarly Works in Arabic & Islamic Studies
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Item Arabic our heritage: teaching and learning of contemporary arabic in South west, Nigeria(Pan-African University Press, Austin, 2022) Akewula, A. O.Item A writing of theatre in modern arabic literature(Faculty of Arts Lagos State University, Ojo Lagos, Nigeria, 2017-07) Akewula, A. O.Item A literary exposition of Arabic novel in Saudi Arabia(Department of Arabic Language, University College, Trivandrum, India, 2017) Akewula, A. O.Item An overview of the impact of arab civilizaton on yoruba culture in Nigeria(The Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria (YSAN) c/o Department of Linguistics and African Languages University of Ibadan, 2023-01) Akewula, A. O.; Kamorudeen, B. K.Nigeria was a land where idol worship marked the religious life of the inhabitants. With the advent of Islam which came with its civilization, Nigerians’ faith, rituals, rites, practices and customs changed and impacted the Nigerian culture. Invariably, the contact of the Arabs with the people of Yorubaland in Nigeria brought about a new era in their beliefs. The Arabs who were mainly Muslims and with the focus to spread Islam preached assiduously against the syncretic religious practices of the Yoruba in the Southwestern region of Nigeria. There is no gainsaying the fact that every religion has its own unique identity characterized by traditions, values and norms that make it stand out. Over the centuries, we have observed that the southwestern Nigeria culture is gradually fading away as we adopt Arab civilization and this persists as days go by. The Arab civilization has influenced the Yoruba culture in different domains. Some of the impacts are noticeable in our education, language, borrowing, social activities, entertainment, traditional settings, marriage, naming, burial and funeral rites and widowhood. This paper employs historical method which attempts to examine how Arab civilization influenced Yoruba culture in the aforementioned domains including religion and devotional rites. It is our hope that some aspects of Yoruba Culture that are not inimical to Islamic teachings would be preserved to avoid becoming moribund.Item Myths(Indiana University Press, 2016) Omofoyewa, K. A.Item Speaking in tongues: a review of Dawood Tijani’s translated and unpublished arabic works(2016-11) Omofoyewa, K. A.Item Idioms, proverbs, and dictums(Pan-African University press, 2017) Omofoyewa, K. A.Item Faith(Indiana University Press, 2016) Omofoyewa, K. A.Item Cruelty towards animals: an Islamic perspective(Association for the Study of the Interplay between Religion and Science (ASIRS), 2010) Omofoyewa, K. A.Item An appraisal of the use and presentation of arabic and yoruba proverbs in selected works of art(2013-09) Omofoyewa, K. A.Proverb is a global phenomenon. For its inestimable values, it means many things to different people. The Arabs call it ‘Misbāhu al-Kalām’ (the lamp of speech) while the Yoruba refer to it as ‘Ẹsin ọ̀rọ̀’ (the horse of speech). Virtually, all nations around the world have ways and means of preserving their proverbs from one generation to the other. The Arabs and the Yoruba are not exemptions in this regard. This paper examines how Arabic and Yoruba proverbs are being perpetuated for posterity in selected works of art like, prose, poetry and music. This invariably adds to the elegance and the mastery of the users’ language. As regards the use and presentation of Arabic proverbs, the paper draws samples from the work of a Nigerian Arabic writer, Kamāldeen Balógun, as well as various poetical compositions of the Arabs. Furthermore, it draws samples from the work of another Nigerian Yoruba prose writer, Ọládèjọ Òkédìji, and the musical works of a Sákárà artiste, Sànúsí Àká. The paper ends with some recommendations.