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Niyi Osundare is currently Professor of English at the University of New Orleans, U.S.A.

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Modern Poetry from Africa (1963) — Contributor, some editions — 309 copies
AQA Anthology (2002) — Contributor — 19 copies

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Osundare beautifully encapsulates teh emotional upheaval and poignant optimism of post colonial Africa. Through the use of free verse style poetry and poignant symbolism, Osundare's poetry is only outshone by his uncompromising humanism. From beginning to end, Waiting Laughters encapsulates the peaks and valleys of the African emotional state, and leaves the reader refreshed yet quietly humbled by the power of the written word.
Un vero gioiello di versi inneggianti alla natura. L’autore, yoruba della Nigeria, ormai fra i nomi importanti della poesia africana, si dice e ridice «nato agricoltore, cresciuto contadino». Ma la sua non è arcadia, bensì voce vigorosa in difesa dell’ambiente (e, in altre raccolte, di denuncia politica). Preziosa l’introduzione di Pietro Deandrea (che è anche il traduttore).

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