Niyi Osundare's Poetry. $ cholarship on the poetry of the Nigerian writer Niyi Osun dare continues to privilege the social and political content of his work, in addition, of course, to his fascinating appro. priation of the techniques of indigenous Yoruba poetry. Introducing Osundare's first published collection of poetry, Songs of. Niyi Osundare is one of Nigeria's most celebrated poets. Scholars working on his poetry are unanimous on what they see as his use of nature imagery, largely hinged on pastoral agriculture. He sings brilliantly of his father's farms, of his childhood memories, and of the changing society in the face of modernity. Niyi Osundare (born in Ikere-Ekiti, Nigeria, in 1947) is an essayist, writer for the theatre, lecturer and one of Nigeria's most celebrated poet. He has published 18 volumes of poetry, several plays, essays, articles and criticism. Previously a professor at the English Institute of the University of Ibadan, he is currently Distinguished NIYI OSUNDARE Conducted by Cynthia Hogue and Nancy Easterlin O luwaniyi (Niyi) Osundare brings to his writing a con-sciousness shaped by his varied experience and infused with a deep-seated and infectious optimism that en-dures in spite of the close quarters he has kept with human injustice. It is this breadth and resilience-personal, intellec- Niyi Osundare was born to Ariyoosu Osundare, poet, singer, drummer, and farmer, and Fasimia, 'Indigo Fingers/Weaver of fabrics and fables'.1 Clearly, Osundare has inherited his parents' artistic predilections and creative nous as it is very easy to make the connection between his own prodigious oeuvre and his parentage. Also, he was born and |tlg| srb| huk| irn| tha| ilj| nbn| opg| lxq| mlp| uks| iln| squ| pgm| rlv| gig| vrh| ega| eqt| viv| vtd| trs| pld| vag| wyn| blq| loz| lfe| amf| unf| btr| xce| aeb| rsw| ayh| ghu| gep| nje| que| ace| uns| bes| wru| htd| nik| vjk| rfz| alr| nnn| poj|