Time And Nature In The Poetry Of Niyi Osundare
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Time And Nature In The Poetry Of Niyi Osundare
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Author : Chukwunwike Anolue
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2024-08-02
Time And Nature In The Poetry Of Niyi Osundare written by Chukwunwike Anolue and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-02 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book provides an ecocritical analysis of the poetry of the famous Nigerian poet Niyi Osundare. It interrogates the intricate interface between time and nature in 11 of Osundare’s defining poetry collections. This is a book of postcolonial ecocriticism from an African perspective. It brings together the ecocritical theory of animism and theories of geologic time in the discussion of Osundare’s poetry. Osundare shows that animism has a lot to offer in enriching human understanding of the ecosystem. And while he eloquently catalogues problems undermining the health of the earth in this age of the Anthropocene and the Capitalocene in his poetry, he also holds on to the hope of a better future. The book concludes that Osundare’s optimism is what informs his use of poetry to press humankind to rise to the duty of salvaging the environment. Deploying an interdisciplinary approach that stretches across the fields of literature, religion, geology, physics, economics, and anthropology, this book will be an important read for those looking for fresh ways to understand Osundare’s poetry and African nature writing. Chukwunwike Anolue is a lecturer in English and Literary Studies at Sa’adu Zungur University, Gadau, Nigeria. He holds a PhD in African Literature from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2021, he won the African Humanities Program Postdoctoral Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies. His research interests span African literature, literature and the environment, time studies in literature, and feminist studies.
Time And Nature In The Poetry Of Niyi Osundare
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Author : Chukwunwike Anolue
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
Time And Nature In The Poetry Of Niyi Osundare written by Chukwunwike Anolue and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with Animism in literature categories.
"This book provides an ecocritical analysis of the poetry of the famous Nigerian poet Niyi Osundare. The book interrogates the intricate interface between time and nature in 12 of Osundare's defining poetry collections. This is a book of postcolonial ecocriticism from an African perspective. It brings together the ecocritical theory of animism and theories of geologic time in the discussion of Osundare's poetry. Osundare shows that animism has a lot to offer in enriching human understanding of the ecosystem. And while he eloquently catalogues problems undermining the health of the earth in this age of the Anthropcene and the Capitalocene in his poetry, he also holds on to the hope of a better future. The book concludes that Osundare's optimism is what informs his use of poetry to press humankind to rise to the duty of salvaging the environment. Deploying an interdisciplinary approach that stretches across the fields of literature, religion, geology, physics, economics and anthropology, this book is perfect for those looking for fresh ways to understand Osundare's poetry and African nature writing"--
The Eye Of The Earth
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Author : Niyi Osundare
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria) Limited
Release Date : 1986
The Eye Of The Earth written by Niyi Osundare and has been published by Heinemann Educational Books (Nigeria) Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
A lyrical and panoramic body of poems from the prize-winning poet, informed by a revolutionary vision about the earth, our home.
Early Birds
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Author : Niyi Osundare
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Early Birds written by Niyi Osundare and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The author introduces his own work: 'The poems in this series are designed to make you think as you sing, to help you discover the beauty of poetry as a companion of music and the product of human imagination...the poems in Early Birds aim at providing you with a portrayal of numerous aspects of life and living. Many of the poems deal with nature and the environment; rural life and city life; time and the seasons; the foods you eat; little things and big things, 'riddles' which tease you into thinking and 'hints' which teach and warn; parables which show you the difference between right and wrong; things which make you laugh or cry; and wise sayings which will help increase your wisdom...there are also poems about Nigeria our country, Africa our continent, and the world at large.' Niyi Osundare is perhaps Nigeria's greatest living poet, and one of Africa's finest literary scholars. He is the author of many books of poetry, plays and essays. He has received the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Association of Nigerian Authors' Prize and the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. His works have been translated into half a dozen languages.
Green
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Author : Niyi Osundare
language : en
Publisher: Black Widow Press
Release Date : 2022-02-21
Green written by Niyi Osundare and has been published by Black Widow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-21 with Poetry categories.
Niyi Osundare's latest book of poems, Green: Sighs Of Our Ailing Planet, is a critical pastoral of poems concerning the environment around the world--A poet of renown who has travelled and given performances in many parts of the world, he has felt and tried to put into words what he has felt in what he has seen-from the Amazon to the deserts of North Africa to his home country of Nigeria. For him it was the nature speaking to him and through him, pleading and imploring...but still beautiful? Lushness of destruction, transmuted from a nature endangered....an accessible plea from nature through Osundare's words. A book relevant and hopeful for people to stop and reflect on the endangered beauty of all of nature. In the words of Niyi Osundare: Of all my 20-something books of poetry, none has confronted me with a more challenging combination of urgency of content and complexity of execution than this new one. I daresay the existential imperative of its content has been responsible for the pain that came with its composition and the uneasy relief I now feel upon its completion. There is something deeply spiritual, almost religious, about the mission and the message of the poems, and the many ways they have turned out to be denizens of that vital interface between the ecological and the cosmic...
Early Birds
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Author : Niyi Osundare
language : en
Publisher: Spectrum Books
Release Date : 2004
Early Birds written by Niyi Osundare and has been published by Spectrum Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
The second title in a poetry series for younger readers. The author introduces his own work: 'The poems in this series are designed to make you think as you sing, to help you discover the beauty of poetry as a companion of music and the product of human imagination... Many of the poems deal with nature and the environment; rural life and city life; time and the seasons; the foods you eat; little things and big things; 'riddles' which show you the difference between right and wrong; things which make you laugh or cry; and wise sayings which will help increase your wisdom...there are also poems about Nigeria our country, Africa our continent, and the world at large.' Niyi Osundare is perhaps Nigeria's greatest living poet, and one of Africa's finest literary scholars. He is the author of many books of poetry, plays and essays. He has received the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, the Association of Nigeria Authors' Prize and the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa. His works have been translated into half a dozen languages. His poems are accompanied by illustrations and commentaries by fellow literature scholar Ayo Banjo.
Songs Of The Season
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Author : Niyi Osundare
language : en
Publisher: Fourth Dimension Publishing Company
Release Date : 1990
Songs Of The Season written by Niyi Osundare and has been published by Fourth Dimension Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Poetry categories.
These poems from one of Africa's most highly acclaimed poets and the winner of the 1991 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, are an ironic celebration of collective aspirations, failures, guilts and hopes. They call for change in a society wracked with problems. The poet sets out to produce a collection that captures the significant happenings of the time in a tune that is simple, accessible, topical, relevant, and artistically pleasing and, as he puts it: 'to remind kings about the corpses which line their way to the throne, to show the rich the slums which fester behind their castles, to praise virtue, denounce vice, to mirror the triumphs and travails of the downtrodden, to celebrate the green glory of the rainy season and the brown accent of the dry, to distil poetry from the dust and clay of the vast, prodigious land - songs plucked from the lips of my land in its manifold laughters and sorrows.'
Fontomfrom
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Author : Kofi Anyidoho
language : en
Publisher: Rodopi
Release Date : 2000
Fontomfrom written by Kofi Anyidoho and has been published by Rodopi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Includes articles, annotated filmography, interviews, creative writing, and book reviews.
The Word Is An Egg
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Author : Niyi Osundare
language : en
Publisher: Kraft Books
Release Date : 2000
The Word Is An Egg written by Niyi Osundare and has been published by Kraft Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Poetry categories.
Osundare advocates the poetry of performance- performance instructions and musical effects are part of the poems - as at once creative and deeply political. The present collection testifies, wholly convincingly, to the poet's belief that language - the Word - defines personal and social history, expression and identity. 'In the Beginning was not the Word/In the Word was the Beginning', launches the volume and is its constant refrain. Language may sometimes be impotent or illusory - the middle section, 'Silence', reflects upon political censorship, the struggle of illiteracy, and the agonies and ambivalence of writing in the colonial language. But words which commit to 'truth and dream', and preferably, 'throw bridges/Across gulfs of indifferent ears, are the poet's only tool of communication for change.
Literature And Culture In Global Africa
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Author : Tanure Ojaide
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-07-06
Literature And Culture In Global Africa written by Tanure Ojaide and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
Engaging and interrogating the idea of a ‘Global Africa’, this book examines how African literary and cultural productions have changed over the years due to the social and political influences brought about by increased globalisation. Tanure Ojaide takes a variety of European theoretical concepts and applies these to African literature, oral traditions, culture, sexuality, political leadership, environmentalism, and advocacy, demonstrating the universality of the African experience. Challenging African literary artists and scholars to think creatively about the future of the culture and literature, this new collection of literary and cultural criticism from scholar-writer Tanure Ojaide is an essential read for students and scholars of African literature and culture.
