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SUMMARY
What this essay has established with the previous chapters is examining “the combative nature of poetry” in Amali’s Tears of Desert War and Eke’s February 1976 poetry collections with the aim of addressing the socio-political instability and economic mismanagement that affects Nigeria. Both Amali and Eke’s works resonates with problems of corruption, insecurity, oppression, terrorism, looting, greed and exploitation that threatens Nigeria’s socio-economic system. Poetry in this modern age is perceived as a weapon of defense, a tool of change that tends to stir an action in a poetic manner. Poetry like other art is independent and recognized throughout the world. The art of poetry goes beyond the scribbling of words; rather it is capable of healing, unafraid of addressing a phenomenon and amplifies the realities of the society. Poetry is ‘combative’ when it wields a weapon to defend a troubling phenomenon. It fights for a just cause and incites an action to the order of things. This essay progressed on “the combative nature of poetry” to combat the socio-political instability and economic mismanagement in Nigeria through Amali and Eke’s poetry collections.
