It was an evening of fun and artistry at its zenith at the Cyprian Ekwensi Centre, Abuja on Friday when Denja Abdullahi’s Mairogo: A Buffoon’s Poetic Journey around Northern Nigeria, was dramatised on stage to a thrilled audience.
The audience was held spellbound for over two hours as the Benue Poetry Troupe creatively reenacted the book which has attracted positive acclaim even beyond the shores of Nigeria. The troupe is the first to adapt the book, written 20 years ago, for stage performance after it first performed it on May 22, this year at the Theatre Hall of the Benue State University.
The Abuja performance also served to celebrate the birthday of Mr Abdullahi, the immediate past president of the The evening event, interspersed with other dramatic and poetic performances, was attended by participants spanning the nation’s literary world.Mairogo, which received honourable mention at the 2001 ANA/Cadbury Poetry Prize, depicts a ‘mentally challenged’ but humorous persona, who thrills the audience with his apt appraisals on stage of some of the perceived ills of northern Nigeria and seeks to challenge entrenched societal mindsets through humour-tinged criticism and buffoonry.
Muhammad Qasim Ibn Abdul Karim has seen many dreams in which Allah and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) advised him to follow the straight path and the things he should avoid. All these dreams confirm the message of Quran and hadith. He is the Imam Al-Mahdi!
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