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Traumatic Memory, Diaspora and Caryl Phillips: The Nature of Blood, Higher Ground and Crossing the River
(Scottish group, 2012) Omofoyewa, K. A.
This paper attempts to probe into activities of Shaykh ‗Abd al-Karīm al-Maghīlī, a reformist
jurisconsult of Tlemcen who led for a considerable number of years in Kano State of Northern
Nigeria. He is chiefly known for his persecution of the Jewish community of Tuwat (Touat) in the
Algerian Sahara and for the advice he gave to Sudanic rulers1. In fact, the impact of the literary
contribution of this outstanding personality to the succeeding generations cannot be quantified.
The paper has been arranged in three segments. The first segment which serves as introduction
gives the short biography of Shaykh ‗Abd al-Karīm al-Maghīlī. The second highlights some of his
extant literary productions, while the third segment brings into light an assessment of his literary
contribution and his impact on Arabic writings of Nigerian scholars in pre and post independence of
1960, followed by conclusion and endnotes.
Markaz and the development of arabic language in South-western Nigeria
(Athanasius Th. Photopoulos, 2009) Omofoyewa, K. A.
A contextual study of ‘awdatu majd al-markaz of ‘abdul-wāhid jumu‘ah ariyibi
(2008) Omofoyewa, K. A.
The basic necessity for literary composition among the Yorubas according to 'Abdul-Rahmon was essentially to teach the value of their religion. He asserts that since poetry is generally believed to have an emotional effect and to be easier to memorise than prose, it became an effective means especially for didactic purposes 1. An eminent Muslim scholar, 'Ādam al-'Ilūrī also maintains in his writings that some of the factors which make versification of prose works relevant to Yoruba scholars are: Preaching, guidance and eulogy of the prophet (SAW) 2. Although, it is not an easy task to count early Yoruba scholars who have tried their hands on pedagogical Arabic poems on a finger tip but notwithstanding, effort shall be made to mention some. 'Abdul-Rahmon, in his thematic and stylistic study of Arabic poetry in Ibadan (1876-1976) states scholars like: Shaykh 'Ahmad Rufa'ī Bello (Oke-Are), Shaykh Hārun Kātibī, Shaykh Mudathir 'Abd-al-Salām, Shaykh Sanūsī Alaka, to mention but few 3. Likewise, 'Abūbakre (2004) also enumerates among others scholars like: Tāj-al-'Adab 4 , 'Ādam 'Abdullah al-Ilūrī, and 'Ahmad Būsairī 5. In Ilorin also, the following are not scholars without merits: 'Ahmad Yarima, 'Ahmad Belgore (d.1913), and 'Ahmad b. 'Abī-Bakr Ikokoro (b. 1870) whose magnum opus is the book entitled "Akhbār al-Qurūn min 'Umarā Ilūrī"-centuries report about Ilorin Emirs 6 .
ISS Islamic Civilisation under the Khulafa' Up to Abbasids
(Distance Learning Centre, University of Ibadan, 2011) Omofoyewa, K. A.