Abstract:
The aim of this
article is to examine the role played by Gobir’s courage in protecting the
city-state and the significance of superior morality in dousing problems that
courage might cause and its importance to spectator(s) as portrayed by the
lyrics of the song, Bahagon Gulbi. The song features some qualities of war and
is a court song, which consists of courage and manliness and the immemorial
character of Gobirawa time. Using the purposive sampling strategy, thirteen
stanzas (13) were selected from the song while examining courage and superior
morality. The findings revealed that the lyrical structures of the song
motivated Gobirawa’s confidence, courage and wisdom of their heroes
accordingly. In other words, the singer’s superior morality guides his courage
to benefit from wisdom in praising heroes to go to war and defend the
city-state and not be afraid of nothing but believe in Allah because one may
die even at home. Akwara’s sermon to Gobirawa has faith in dying while
protecting the city-state as a noble death and respecting superior authority as
superior morality. With this belief in mind, he encourages his master to pay
homage to Sarkin Musulmi Muhammadu Tambari (1924-1930) for peace
and harmony to reign significantly between the two states. Succinctly, the song
celebrates, encourages and appreciates Gobirawa to reinvent while learning from
the past.
Keywords: Courage, Hausa song, Heroes, Praise and Superior Morality
DOI: www.doi.org/10.36349/tjllc.2024.v03i02.037
author/Abubakar Ayuba, Ph.D. & Anas Sa’idu Muhammad
journal/Tasambo JLLC 3(2) | September 2024 |
