Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah is Professor of English and Comparative Poetics and Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria. He is co-author of Introduction to African Oral Literature and Performance (2005), and author of Africanity, Islamicity and Performativity (2009), African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance (2010), Cultural Globalization And Plurality (2011), Globalization, Oral Performance and African Traditional Poetry (2018).

• 1. Geography and Culture of Ilorin 2. Performance, Poetry and Traditions Overview 3. Developmental Stages of Dàdàkúàdá 4. Influence of Islam on Dàdàkúàdá 5. Performance Techniques 6. Politics, Partisanship and Traditional Oral Poetry: An Example of Odolaye Aremu 7. Aremu Ose and Performance Topicality 8. Aesthetic and Didactic Dimensions in Dàdàkúàdá

Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah is Professor of English and Comparative Poetics and Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria. He is co-author of Introduction to African Oral Literature and Performance (2005), and author of Africanity, Islamicity and Performativity (2009), African Discourse in Islam, Oral Traditions, and Performance (2010), Cultural Globalization And Plurality (2011), Globalization, Oral Performance and African Traditional Poetry (2018).

• 1. Geography and Culture of Ilorin 2. Performance, Poetry and Traditions Overview 3. Developmental Stages of Dàdàkúàdá 4. Influence of Islam on Dàdàkúàdá 5. Performance Techniques 6. Politics, Partisanship and Traditional Oral Poetry: An Example of Odolaye Aremu 7. Aremu Ose and Performance Topicality 8. Aesthetic and Didactic Dimensions in Dàdàkúàdá