Grapholexical features of selected poems in niyi osundares. Having said this about the african poet, niyi osundare, we are now solidly provided with the requisite knowledge to analyse osundares blues for the new senate king that is our focus in this paper. Thematic presentation of osundares waiting laughters seahi. He reminded us of simple pleasures based on things you can touch and feel. In the following, i discuss african nigerian poet niyi osundare s worldview we find in his poetry and other texts. The poem the feet i see are waiting for shoes in which the poet criticizes the injustice of social deprivation. Reprinted with permission from world literature today. During his distinguished career, nigerian born writer niyi osundare has worked in a variety of genres from scholarly essays to plays and poetry. Reflection of the struggle for a just society in selected.
Golden poems from africa download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Myth and history in the poetry of osundare i begin by reflecting briefly upon some comments made by chinua achebe, nigeri as foremost novelist and doyen of modern african literature. Niyi osundare nigeria, 1947 niyi osundare was born in ikereekiti, nigeria, in 1947. Niyi osundare and earth poems mildred baryas house of life.
Songs of the marketplace 1983, village voices 1984, a nib in the pond 1986, the eye of the earth 1986, moonsongs 1988, and waiting laughters 1990. A survey of themes and technique aderemi bamikunle niyi osundare has published six books of poetry. A reading of yoruba traditional proverbials as sociopolitical satire in osundares waiting laughters dr. As a child, osundare would accompany him into the forest to gather roots and herbs to cure all kinds of ailments. They picked akanni up one morningbeat him soft like clayand stuffed him down the belly. Discernible in the poetry of niyi osundare and remi raji is the shaping and ordering of the linguistic appurtenances of the yoruba orature, which themselves are sublimely rooted in the proverbial, chants, anecdotes, songs and praises derived from the yoruba oral poetry of ijala, orin agbe, ese ifa, rara, folklore as well as from other elements. Osundares waiting laughters niyi akingbe department of english and literary studies, federal university oyeekiti, oye, nigeria abstract commencing within the trajectory of perseverance, this paper sets out to examine the ways in which the phenomenon of waiting has been shrewdly explored by niyi osundare in waiting laughters osundare, n. Dictionary of literary biography niyi osundare 12 march. Niyi osundare is a nigerian prolific poet, dramatist and literary critic. Notes and news, the african book publishing record deepdyve. Waiting laughters malthouse african poetry by niyi osundare 20000905.
Waiting laughters and remirajis a harvest of laughters. In 1991, it won the noma award for publishing in africa, the most prestigious book prize for new works published within the african continent. Waiting laughters is osundare s second volume of poetry, published to critical acclaim. Lobotomizing swivelled pulses of laughter in niyi osundare s waiting laughters and remi rajis a harvest of laughters.
In the lengthy poem sequence in waiting laughters 1015, osundare. Niyi osundare project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. The dramatic structure of niyi osundares waiting laughters amani. Dictionary of literary biography niyi osundare 12 march 1947. Pulses of laughter in niyi osundares waiting laughters and. An analysis of modernism on christopher okigbos labyrinths. He has published 18 volumes of poetry, several plays, essays, articles and criticism. The poet, niyi osundare, fully utilizes and enjoys the poetic license in his poetry especially in some of the selected poems like to a passing year, search for a wife, and eating with all fingers. Six poems from niyi osundare in african writingonline. Proverbials as sociopolitical satire in osundares waiting laughters. Niyi osundare born 1947 is a nigerian poet, playwright, essayist, and scholar. His works include songs of the market place 1984, waiting laughters 1990 songs of the season 1990.
Osundare acknowledges to having been brought up in traditional yoruba oral culture. Africabib survival strategies and the new life of orality. For instance, as ezenwaohaeto posits, there is a proverb that appears twice in waiting laughters. Niyi osundare is a good example of this uniqueness. Niyi osundare was born on march 12, 1947 in ikerri in western nigeria.
Among his many prizes are the tchicaya u tamsi award for african poetry generally regarded as africas highest poetry prize and. Osundare s waiting laughters niyi akingbe department of english and literary studies, federal university oyeekiti, oye, nigeria abstract commencing within the trajectory of perseverance, this paper sets out to examine the ways in which the phenomenon of waiting has been shrewdly explored by niyi osundare in waiting laughters osundare, n. Lobotomizing swivelled pulses of laughter in niyi osundares waiting laughters and remi rajis a harvest of laughters. Pdf commencing within the trajectory of perseverance, this paper sets. New orleansnigerian poet, dramatist, critical essayist, and columnist, niyi osundare was born in nigeria in 1947. A reading of yoruba traditional proverbials as sociopolitical satire in osundare s waiting laughters dr.
In 1991, it won the noma award for publishing in africa, the most prestigious book prize for. An analysis of modernism on christopher okigbos labyrinths, with path of thunder what is modernism. Literary historians in nigeria are wont to credit niyi osundare with being the leading. Waiting laughters malthouse african poetry by niyi osundare. Sound semiotics of osundares poetry semantic scholar. The data for this work were sourced from niyi osundares random blues, a collection of poems that was birthed through the inspiration which the poet drew from a group of his enthusiastic students at the university of new orleans. Waiting laughters is osundares second volume of poetry, published to critical acclaim. Waiting laughters malthouse african poetry by niyi osundare 20000905 on. Random blues is a poetry comprising fifty five poems random blues 155 with. He regards his calling as a writer and his profession as a teacher as essentially complementary. The essentials of niyi osundares poetry flinders academic. Pdf a reading of yoruba traditional proverbials as sociopolitical. The modernist period in english literature occupied the years from shortly after the beginning of the twentieth century through roughly 1965. Watch trailer the poets is a documentary film celebrating.
Niyi osundare on the poetry of niyi osundare an interview by n. He gained degrees at the university of ibadan ba, the university of leeds ma and york university, canada phd, 1979. With rippling laughters i stay very long with the clown and i become a sage with a twinkling beard and fables which ply the yarn. Niyi osundare has also published four plays and essays on literature, politics and culture. Emmanuel folorunso taiwo department of classics faculty of arts university of ibadan ibadan, nigeria introduction the traditional society operates in a speech environment which articulates a. Sexual discourse in osundares poetry before the examination of sexrelated matters in niyi osundares poetry, i need to note that osundares is the clearest, loudest and most heard poetic voice from the anglophone africa today.
He is a new orleansnigerian poet, dramatist, critical essayist, and columnist. In broad terms, the period was marked by sudden and unexpe. Jul 09, 2012 besides jack mapanje, we had niyi osundare, whom we loved because of his allegory, his closeness to earth, how so attached he was to land. In 1991, it won the noma award for publishing in africa, the most. Poet, dramatist, critic, essayist, and media columnist, niyi osundare has. Waiting laughters is osundares second volume of poetry, published to critical. Osundare kick starts his incursion into the yoruba proverbial in untitled poem, in the waiting laughters. It is directed by new yorkbased filmmaker chivas devinck and distributed by icarus films. One of the most prolific and highly regarded of nigerias contemporary poets, osundare s work utilizes a wide. The poem the feet i see are waiting for shoes in which the. The paper examines the themes of waiting laughters, one of the best and popular niyi osundare. An approach to selected poems of niyi osundare 2 annals of language and literature v2 i1 2018 frye asserts, in anatomy of criticism that the postulate of criticism must emanate from. Poet, dramatist, critic, essayist, and media columnist, niyi osundare has authored over ten volumes of poetry, two books of selected poems, four plays, a book of essays, and numerous articles on literature, language, culture, and society.
Niyi osundare born in ikereekiti, nigeria, in 1947 is an essayist, writer for the theatre, lecturer and one of nigerias most celebrated poet. Poet, dramatist, critic, essayist, and media columnist, niyi osundare has authored 18 books of poetry, two books of selected poems, with individual poems in over 70 journals and magazines across the world, four plays, a book of essays, and numerous. Waiting as resistance in niyi osundare s waiting laughters. Moonsongs, songs of the season, waiting laughters, mildlife, random blues, the word is an egg and so on. The present article uses the poems of the nigerian poet niyi osundare in waiting laughters 1990 and the poems of ghanaian poet kofi anyidoho in earthchild, with brain surgery 1985 to discuss the features and characteristics of the new life of oral cadences in the modern poetry of nigeria and ghana.
Aug 03, 2015 prof niyi osundare reads a poem at hargeysa international book fair 2015. Osundare is an intensely political poet and a vehement champion for human rights. Niyiosundare and remiraji, whose poetics are entrenched in the nexus of yoruba orature and. Widely regarded as one of africas preeminent writers and scholars, niyi osundare is a nigerian poet, playwright, essayist, humanenvironmental rights activist, and distinguished professor of english. Reflection of the struggle for a just society in selected poems of niyi osundare and mildred kiconco barya 106 3. Osundare in waiting laughters, songs of the season, songs of the marketplace and days though adopts the versefree form.
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