Nigeria is one of the most influencing
countries in Africa, for which, the region got impressive attention in the
global literary domain. As the history narrates, oral folklore was the only way
to convey the unspoken thoughts of human mind in the form of poems and stories.
However, with the implementation of printed literature, it received maximum appreciation
from all around the world. Today, even the academic syllabus seems to have
placed such literary genres at a dominating facade.
To hold by the hands of a proficient and
skillful Nigerian writer means, fetching a perfect picturesque
detail of this region. With their corrective usage of words, phrases, lyrics
and many more, one can well relate with the past and present social, political
and humanitarian attributes of Africa. As there are no scripted details about
the historical facts and facets of Africa, this range of writers is a guiding
aid to take them all the way to the corrective past. Torturing consequences
that the habitants of this place have gone through during the colonial ruling
can also be collected from their writings.
All the famous West African poets are amply able to portray every minute
facts and facets of pre and post colonial after-math. Mostly written in the
English, French and Portuguese dialects, their writings can also be reasoned
for introducing Nigeria in the world literary graph. As words and phrases are
the only weapon for uplifting the social awareness and also the traits of
humanitarian philosophies, these series of writers has engineered them in a
best possible way. Productive outcome of which, has overtly dignified the literature
and its forms in Africa. Fiction, poetry, drama, novel and no matter what the
form is, Nigerian literary masters of the past and in this contemporary time
seems to be ably garlanded with all. Significant emphasis still remains on the
influential poets, poetries and poems though.
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