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Cover illustration: A maqÄma teaching session inside a mosque in Ibadan Nigeria, 2018.
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Names: Alagunfon, Sulaiman Adewale, author.
Title: The classical Arabic maqÄma in Yorubaland, Nigeria : texts, contexts, and scholars / by Sulaiman Adewale Alagunfon.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025. | Series: Global Arabic literary cultures, 2949-6756 ; volume 1 | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2024059466 (print) | LCCN 2024059467 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004693685 (hardback ; acid-free paper) | ISBN 9789004716124 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: MaqamahâHistory and criticism. | Arabic prose literatureâNigeriaâHistory and criticism. | Yoruba (African people)âIntellectual life. | LCGFT: Literary criticism.
Classification: LCC PJ7572.M3 A426 2025 (print) | LCC PJ7572.M3 (ebook) | DDC 892.7/3309896333âdc23/eng/20250129
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ISSN 2949-6756
ISBN 978-90-04-69368-5 (hardback)
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DOI 10.1163/9789004716124
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