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Where I grew up everything that happened before the advent of Islam is called Asr Al Jahiliya (age of ignorance). And thus, it’s dismissed as unworthy of knowing. The pharaohs, the Babylonians and a whole slew of civilizations—they’re just wiped under the carpet and ignored. It’s hard for some to reconcile the idea that in the Middle East, there were great societies, wellsprings of knowledge and even refined manners, before Islam. Sure, the ancient civilization of Sumer invented writing. And yeah, the ancient Egyptians invented graffiti. But how refined could those people really be? How valuable was their knowledge? When their minds had not yet been illuminated, by insightful eloquence of a single verse of the Quran?
However, there are some stories so compelling that a mountain of religious pride can’t prevent the waves of retelling to seep through from one generation to the next. This story, the story of Antar and Abla, which I am about to tell you is one such story.
In fact, I have read in a history book in a dusty old library back home that when the prophet Mohammed heard the story of Antar, he was so impressed by the nobility of his spirit, he declared in awe, ”I have never yearned more to meet a man in person.”
Prepare yourself, my dear reader, you are about to h
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'Antarah ibn Shaddad: A Precursor of Negritude Poets
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Introduction
Negritude is the affirmation of the value of Black African culture and identity. The theme of Black consciousness has always been found in the compositions of Africans in the diaspora from the sixth century. Before the Negritude movement of the early twentieth century, the Black consciousness theme had formed the recurring theme of Arab-African poets in the African diaspora in Arabia and the Middle East. It runs through the subsequent literary eras such as the Umayyad and Abbasid eras. However, the undisputed pacesetter is Antarah ibn Shaddad of the pre-Islamic era.
Kudus O. Amuni
The Personality of Antarah ibn Shaddad
Antarah Ibn Shaddad al-"Absi is a pre-Islamic hero and poet. He is famous for both his poetry and adventurous life. He is one of the authors of the
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Antarah Ibn Shaddad - Wikipedia
Antarah Ibn Shaddad - Wikipedia