Niyi Osundare

For Yemi Ogunbiyj at 75 (The Road Never Forgets)

  By Niyi Osundare Step after step We ply life’s Road Through dust, through clay…

Nigerian Subsidy and the Real Subsidisers

Here, in plain, unsubsidized language      Are the basic facts  About the fabled Nigerian “subsidy”…

He taught Us How to Teach by Learning: For Ayo Bamgbose at 90

 By Niyi  Osundare   When I called him the “doyen of African linguistics” in my…

Nigeria’s Holy Romance With Ignorance

Professor Niyi Osundare is saddened and bewildered by the way our people so characteristically throw…

Climate of Fear*

By Niyi Osundare The rains come too late these days and leave before their time…

The Ultimate Maestro: Victor Efosa Uwaifo, (1941-2021)

   By Niyi Osundare Siwo  siwosiwo Siwooooooooooooooo   He was Nigeria’sclosest instance of the Renaissance…

The Joy of the Jab

  (Hurray for Medical Science)   By Niyi Osundare In went the needle, then out…

Flashback: Professor Dele Jegede, the total artist, now 76

  Professor Dele Jegede, prominent artist, turned 76 on 19 April, 2021. In the following…

Open Letter: President Buhari, Say Something

By Niyi Osundare   Dear President Buhari, It is now two days since members of…

Nigerian democracy on life support- Niyi Osundare

Now Nigeria is 59. Professor Niyi Osundare, in this interview, appraises how the nation’s journey…