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Niyi Osundare is a Nigerian poet, dramatist, linguist, and literary critic. Born on 12 March 1947, in Ikere-Ekiti , [ 1 ] Nigeria, his poetry is influenced by the oral poetry of his Yoruba culture, which he hybridizes with other poetic traditions of the world, including African-American, Latin American, Asian, and European.
Waiting Laughters: A Long Song in Many Voices is a collection of poems by Niyi Osundare, published in 1990 by Malthouse Press. The anthology received the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa in 1991. The poems explore themes such as hope, resistance, oppression, and laughter, set against the backdrop of postcolonial Nigeria and Africa.
The Eye of the Earth is a collection of poems by Niyi Osundare, published in 1986 by Heinemann Educational Books. The work was awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the African poetry book category, and the Association of Nigerian Authors' Poetry Prize in its year of publication. The collection comprises nineteen poems that explore nature ...
"Not My Business" is a free-verse poem by Niyi Osundare. It is included in Cluster 2, Poems from Different Cultures, of the AQA Anthology. [1] Not My Business.
"Kofi Awoonor's Until the Morning After: Collected Poems 1963-1985 was to have been AWS number 260, but was apparently withdrawn by the author and instead published by Greenfield Review Press, New York, in 1987." [20] 261: Anyidoho, Kofi: 1984: A Harvest of our Dreams, with Elegy for the Revolution: poems. 262: Nagenda, John: 1986: The Seasons ...
List of Nigerians: This is a list of notable poets from Nigeria ... Niyi Osundare; Nnorom Azuonye; O. O-jeremiah Agbaakin; Obo Aba Hisanjani; Odia Ofeimun; Okey Ndibe;
This is a list of African poets. ... Poetry in Africa details more on the history and context of contemporary poetry on the ... Niyi Osundare, Nigeria; Romeo Oriogun ...
This is a list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English. [1] ... Niyi Osundare (born 1947, Ni/US) Alice Oswald ...