Exploring Pan-African Unity and Development in Yoruba Arabic Literature

This article examines the theme of Pan-Africanism in Yoruba literature Arabic and analyzes perspectives literati on how unity African nations leaders could function evolving a new Africa that would withstand socio-economic political challenges. The investigates following questions: might views insights writers critics benefit achieving for development? And contribute to switching shifting paradigm development Africa? To provide answers these questions, I selected works three scholars namely, Adam al-Ilorī, Isa Abu-Bakre Abdul Aziz Azakawī analysis. benefits its discussion from historical, descriptive analytical methods. Employing several historical methods, draws some prominent Pan-Africanist intellectuals such as Du Bois, Kwame Nkrumah, Nelson Mandela, Julius Nyerere, Frantz Fanon, Chinua Achebe Wole Soyinka among others. argue consider vital economic, social progress just requisite ingredients renaissance.