Analysis of Malam Sa’adu Zungur political thoughts on liberation of northern Nigerian political system

Abstract

This article focused on the political thoughts of Malam Sa’adu Zungur. A man who had served his people in so many capacities of social life, education, politics, religion, to name a few. One who never aspired to be anything but a true servant of the people. A poet, a social critic, an ideologue, an organizer, philosopher, scholar, and a nationalist. Utilizing his greatest advantage, intellectualism, Zungur not only initiated, but led activism with tremendous courage against foreign control, and even domestic dictatorship. He deliberately lived a modest life, and exemplary leadership give him the ability to mobilize the masses to checkmate the excesses of the leaders for a just and fair society. This political re-awakening was the greatest contribution made by Sa’adu Zungur to politics and leadership in Northern region and Nigeria in general. His thought was encouraging people to confront bad rulership without hesitation. He believed that people should never let the sleeping dog lie but wake it up. The paper employed qualitative method. It uses narrative critical analysis that covers relevant textbooks, articles, chronicles, internet resources for gathering and analysis of data. The paper concluded that Malam Sa’adu Zungur was of the greatest personalities on whose shoulder the post-colonial leaders such as Tafawa Balewa, Ahmadu Bello among others, stood on for the fierce struggle
for his political reawakening of the masses against the colonialist in particular and bad leadership general.