{"product_id":"bakandamiya-an-elegy-9781496244277","title":"Bakandamiya: An Elegy","description":"Covering more than five hundred years of cultural transformation, \u003ci\u003eBakandamiya: An Elegy\u003c\/i\u003e is a book-length epic poem set in northern Nigeria. The poem moves from passages of mythic power to elegant lyricism with remarkable skill, subverting the legend of Bayajidda, a prince from Baghdad whose arrival reshaped the outlook of the Hausas, a Native ethnic group in West Africa. Told in part from a Bori spirit's point of view and in part through personal lyrics, part prayer and part praise song, \u003ci\u003eBakandamiya\u003c\/i\u003e decries the loss of culture and spirituality due to colonization from both the West and the East. Even as it subverts myths and popular beliefs and addresses some of the events that led to the Nigerian civil war, it tackles the lingering question of nationhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this work of lyric and poetic ambition, Saddiq Dzukogi blends the personal with the mythical, expanding the griot tradition of Bakandamiya, a poetic form from northern Nigeria popularized by Mamman Shata. Here the form travels from orature to contemporary poetics for the first time, taking its place at the vanguard of contemporary poetry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Saddiq Dzukogi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496244277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSaddiq Dzukogi\u003c\/b\u003e is a Nigerian poet and assistant professor of English at Mississippi State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eYour Crib, My Qibla\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2021), winner of the Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry and the Julie Suk Award and shortlisted for the Nigeria Prize for Literature. His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003ePoetry Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKenyon Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrairie Schooner\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNarrative Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuernica Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePoetry London\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBest American Experimental Writing Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCincinnati Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received fellowships from the Nebraska Arts Council, Mississippi Arts Commission, and Cave Canem. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Saddiq Dzukogi \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47598542520477,"sku":"9781496244277","price":37.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_1f545dd8-95ac-43ca-9ff4-6c5fd0e13508.jpg?v=1769515657","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/bakandamiya-an-elegy-9781496244277","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}