Waiting laughters malthouse african poetry by niyi osundare. Pulses of laughter in niyi osundares waiting laughters and. A reading of yoruba traditional proverbials as sociopolitical satire in osundares waiting laughters dr. An analysis of modernism on christopher okigbos labyrinths. Pdf a reading of yoruba traditional proverbials as sociopolitical. 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. Waiting laughters malthouse african poetry by niyi osundare 20000905 on. Niyi osundare project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
Niyi osundare has also published four plays and essays on literature, politics and culture. In the following, i discuss african nigerian poet niyi osundare s worldview we find in his poetry and other texts. Niyi osundare born 1947 is a nigerian poet, playwright, essayist, and scholar. Literary historians in nigeria are wont to credit niyi osundare with being the leading. Jul 05, 2010 other published volumes of poetry include songs of the season 1987, moonsongs 1988, waiting laughters 1990, selected poems 1992, midlife 1993, the word is an egg 2000 and tender moments 2006. Lobotomizing swivelled pulses of laughter in niyi osundare s waiting laughters and remi rajis a harvest of laughters. 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. Africabib survival strategies and the new life of orality.
In 1991, it won the noma award for publishing in africa, the most. Grapholexical features of selected poems in niyi osundares. Waiting laughters is osundare s second volume of poetry, published to critical acclaim. A reading of yoruba traditional proverbials as sociopolitical satire in osundare s waiting laughters dr. 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. Niyiosundare and remiraji, whose poetics are entrenched in the nexus of yoruba orature and. It is directed by new yorkbased filmmaker chivas devinck and distributed by icarus films. An analysis of modernism on christopher okigbos labyrinths, with path of thunder what is modernism. The modernist period in english literature occupied the years from shortly after the beginning of the twentieth century through roughly 1965. Osundare is an intensely political poet and a vehement champion for human rights. Proverbials as sociopolitical satire in osundares waiting laughters. Notes and news, the african book publishing record deepdyve. 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.
Niyi osudare not my business poem by african poems. 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. The dramatic structure of niyi osundares waiting laughters amani. 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. In 1991, it won the noma award for publishing in africa, the most prestigious book prize for new works published within the african continent.
Moonsongs, songs of the season, waiting laughters, mildlife, random blues, the word is an egg and so on. Waiting laughters and remirajis a harvest of laughters. The poem the feet i see are waiting for shoes in which the poet criticizes the injustice of social deprivation. He reminded us of simple pleasures based on things you can touch and feel. 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. Pdf commencing within the trajectory of perseverance, this paper sets. Waiting laughters malthouse african poetry by niyi osundare 20000905. Waiting laughters is osundares second volume of poetry, published to critical acclaim. Poet, dramatist, critic, essayist, and media columnist, niyi osundare has. Jul, 2018 the poets, a new documentary film, celebrates the friendship between the nigerian poet niyi osundare and the sierra leonean poet syl cheneycoker. New orleansnigerian poet, dramatist, critical essayist, and columnist, niyi osundare was born in nigeria in 1947. They picked akanni up one morningbeat him soft like clayand stuffed him down the belly. The paper examines the themes of waiting laughters, one of the best and popular niyi osundare. Niyi osundare is a good example of this uniqueness.
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. Among his many prizes are the tchicaya u tamsi award for african poetry generally regarded as africas highest poetry prize and. 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. Niyi osundare and earth poems mildred baryas house of life. He has published 18 volumes of poetry, several plays, essays, articles and criticism. His works include songs of the market place 1984, waiting laughters 1990 songs of the season 1990. Dictionary of literary biography niyi osundare 12 march. A pragmatic analysis of some selected poems in osundares. Niyi osundare born in ikereekiti, nigeria, in 1947 is an essayist, writer for the theatre, lecturer and one of nigerias most celebrated poet. 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. Niyi osundare was born on march 12, 1947 in ikerri in western nigeria.
A survey of themes and technique aderemi bamikunle niyi osundare has published six books of poetry. Reflection of the struggle for a just society in selected. The essentials of niyi osundares poetry flinders academic. As a child, osundare would accompany him into the forest to gather roots and herbs to cure all kinds of ailments.
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. Niyi osundare is a nigerian prolific poet, dramatist and literary critic. For instance, as ezenwaohaeto posits, there is a proverb that appears twice in waiting laughters. 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. 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. Thematic presentation of osundares waiting laughters seahi. 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. Aug 03, 2015 prof niyi osundare reads a poem at hargeysa international book fair 2015. 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. In the lengthy poem sequence in waiting laughters 1015, osundare. Osundare acknowledges to having been brought up in traditional yoruba oral culture. Dictionary of literary biography niyi osundare 12 march 1947.
He gained degrees at the university of ibadan ba, the university of leeds ma and york university, canada phd, 1979. Six poems from niyi osundare in african writingonline. Lobotomizing swivelled pulses of laughter in niyi osundares waiting laughters and remi rajis a harvest of laughters. Waiting as resistance in niyi osundare s waiting laughters. Waiting laughters is the nigerian poet niyi osundares second volume of poetry that won the noma award for publishing in africa in 1991. 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. He regards his calling as a writer and his profession as a teacher as essentially complementary.
Osundares poetry and the yoruba worldview pdf paperity. Random blues is a poetry comprising fifty five poems random blues 155 with. 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. 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. Niyi osundare on the poetry of niyi osundare an interview by n. 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. Niyi osundare nigeria, 1947 niyi osundare was born in ikereekiti, nigeria, in 1947. In 1991, it won the noma award for publishing in africa, the most prestigious book prize for. Reflection of the struggle for a just society in selected poems of niyi osundare and mildred kiconco barya 106 3. Golden poems from africa download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. One of the most prolific and highly regarded of nigerias contemporary poets, osundare s work utilizes a wide. He is a new orleansnigerian poet, dramatist, critical essayist, and columnist. Osundare in waiting laughters, songs of the season, songs of the marketplace and days though adopts the versefree form.
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