For Ngugi Wa Thiong’o (1938-2025)
Here is Professor Niyi Osundare’s tribute to the late Kenyan writer, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
3 weeks ago
Niyi Osundare
To Put a Book in the Hand of Every Child
What better way to begin this brief address than to ask Edem Ossai, MAYEIN’s Founder…
2 months ago
I have no freedom of movement – Osundare
Professor Niyi Osundare, world-renowned poet, writer, scholar, columnist, essayist and playwright has said his right…
3 months ago
Ikere: The Wellspring of Creativity
Have you ever wondered about the creative energy that flows from Ikere? What is it…
3 months ago
Niyi Osundare : The Poet as a Masquerade
If you have ever witnessed the Ede masquerade, the Aladoko, or the Alamudu perform, you…
6 months ago
The journalist as public intellectual
In this tribute, Professor Niyi Osundare uses the life and career of Professor Olatunji Dare…
11 months ago
For Jimi Solanke
Niyi Osundare, Professor of Literature, University of New Orleans, writes this poem as a tribute…
1 year ago
Lola Shoneyin at 50: A Festival
The 50th birthday celebration of Ms Lola Shoneyin, Nigerian writer, poet, novelist, publisher, bookseller and…
1 year ago
For Frank Kokori
Professor Niyi Osundare writes this poem in honour of the late Frank Kokori, former secretary…
1 year ago
Night of Horror*
In the evening hours of January 16, 2024, there was a massive explosion caused by…
1 year ago