The Wedlock of Necessity: African Literature and Popular Nigerian Music as Potent Weapons against Corruption and National Insecurity

Longdet, P.S.
Department of English
Federal College of Education, Pankshin, Plateau State, Nigeria.
E-mail: peacelongdet2011@gmail.com
Abstract
The author of this paper adopts a sociological critical approach to study selected novels, poems and Nigerian popular music. The selected works have as thematic concern, the socio-political state of the Nigerian politics. The author highlights the trajectory bonding between popular music and African literature in, language,
issues, biting sarcasm, reactionary effect from the society and a desire for revolution and re-evaluation. The findings reveal that a holistic conscious combination of these art forms can be an effective tool in combating the monstrous canker-wormic corruption and national insecurity that seem woven into
the fabric of the nation. The paper concludes that, scholars, critics and writers (literature and songs) should foster a common conscious movement that will integrate these art forms in positive ways to combat these ills that threaten our sanity and the foundation of our nationhood.