The influence of globalization and international politics on Nigerian Arabic poetry

Abstract EN

Man, is a product of his environment and environment creates literary figures.

today, the whole world has turned global.

hence, the whole universe is an environment for every literary figure.

to establish this assertion, in the context of Nigerian Arabic literary discourse, this paper studied the influence of globalization and politics on Nigerian Arabic poetry.

selected poets in Nigeria were studied.

the data used were randomly selected poems of which thematic preoccupation is on politics.

the study discovered that the globalization, through its various means, has impacted positively on the poets.

it made them view the second “fall” of Baghdad, the September 11th event in America, the Rwandan genocide and other world political events.

this paper has given account of the height Arabic poetry has attained in the country.