Abstract:

Prophetic Panegyric is a widely appreciated genre of Arabic poetry both، ancient and modern era in West Africa. The great majority of African poets dwelt into it، since fourteenth century AD، started by Ibrahim Al-Sahili، during the Caliphate of the King of the Mali’ Islamic Kingdom. Indeed، their devotion to Sufism was one of the strongest factors that influenced it، either in collection or poem. This research titled “Prophetic Panegyrics in West Africa” aimed at justifying the literary existence of the art of the Mad-h Nabawiyy by the West African poets and its analytical literary study. The personality of the Noble Prophet has received great attention and concern of those poets since the emergence of Islam in this country in an emotional glow and abundance. The research is divided into five sections. The research adopted the descriptive analytical method to address the subject matter.