Abstract
This chapter introduces the concept of poverty and social divisions in the global century and the place of African art within this reality. The author presents his theoretical framework and defines the major terms and concepts used in the book, explaining where some of them deviate from their traditional connotations. At the end of this chapter, the history, form and status quo of Ilorin social class are discussed and the place of Dadakuada oral poets established therein.
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Ibid.
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A. Na’Allah, “Dadakuada: Trends in the Development of Ilorin Traditional Oral Poetry,” B.A. (Ed) Thesis, University of Ilorin, 1988, pp. 52–62.
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The Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford UP, 1989); or any of its older or newer edition.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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The Thames and Hudson Encyclopedia of the Arts (London: Thames and Hudson, 1966) p. 11. See also Art20 the Thames and Hudson multimedia dictionary of modern art (London: Thames and Hudson, 1998).
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Krapivin , pp. 289–290.
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Ibid.
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Ibid.
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Ibid., pp. 139–140.
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Ibid.
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R. A. Olaoye , “The Ilorin Emirate and the British Ascendency 1897–1918: An overview of the early phase of Ilorin provincial administration” M.A. Thesis, University of Ilorin, 1984.
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Ibid.
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The Holy Qur’an chapter 26, verses 224–226.
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Na’Allah, AR. (2018). African Art and the Crisis of Poverty and Social Divisions in a Global Era. In: Globalization, Oral Performance, and African Traditional Poetry. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75079-8_1
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