MARXIST TENDENCIES IN THE POETRY OF ABUBAKAR GIMBA: INNER RUMBLINGS AND THIS LAND OF OURS

MARXIST TENDENCIES IN THE POETRY OF ABUBAKAR GIMBA: INNER RUMBLINGS AND THIS LAND OF OURS

Abstract:

Writers, world over, have ideas or phenomenon that influences their works in one way or the other. The phenomenon might not be mentioned or directly stated. At some point in time, these writers might even be unconscious or rather, oblivious of the influence(s) inherent in their works.This work takes a look at the Marxist theory as a tool, with a view to understanding the works of Abubakar Gimba. Gimba has published two poetry collections titled; Inner Rumblings and This Land of Ours. This research work examines Inner Rumblings and This Land of Ours from a Marxist perspective through an analysis of themes, form and all other poetic devices. This work looks at Inner Rumblings and This Land of Ours by identifying the Marxist ideas of the writer under study. This is done through the contents of the writer’s published poems. The poetry collections of Abubakar Gimba, are examined, thereby, exploring the Marxist ideas observed in the lines of the poems. This study measures the poems of Abubakar Gimba and establish how Marxist inclined, the poems are. The research finds out those Marxist ideas in the diction and contents of the poems

MARXIST TENDENCIES IN THE POETRY OF ABUBAKAR GIMBA: INNER RUMBLINGS AND THIS LAND OF OURS