For Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o* (1938-2025), By Niyi Osundare
Ngugi wa Thiong o. Picture credit: Steve Zylius/UCI FOR NGUGI WA THIONG’O* (1938-2025) In the eloquent water of the...
To put a book in the hand of every child, By Niyi Osundare
Edem Ossai was “troubled by the alarming number of children hawking goods on the streets.” But she didn’t stop at...
Bola Ige: Remembering December 21, 2001, By Niyi Osundare
Late Chief Bola Ige BOLA IGE (Remembering December 21, 2001) History Never Forgets And enter the gunmen one sad and...
For Mark Nwagwu, By Niyi Osundare
Professor Mark Nwagwu FOR MARK NWAGWU (Forever Chimes*) Forever chimes That guileless smile on your lips Cordial like a cool,...
Do you know who I am?, By Niyi Osundare
DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? The Honorebu* Who Slapped the Law The Honorebu’s first question Was preceded...
A Daniel has come to judgement, By Niyi Osundare
A DANIEL HAS COME TO JUDGEMENT (To Dan Izevbaye, Unforgettable Teacher) Economical with words But not so with wisdom...
Nigeria’s God of Darkness, By Niyi Osundare
NIGERIA’S GOD OF DARKNESS All hail NEPA* Nigeria’s God of Darkness I The bond between Nigeria and Darkness Only...
A song for Nigeria’s Children’s Day, By Niyi Osundare
A SONG FOR NIGERIA’S CHILDREN’S DAY* When Hunger locks a door Anger will open it with a furious fist. ...
For Henry Chakava, By Niyi Osundare
FOR HENRY CHAKAVA The Veteran Bookman from Vokoli who illuminated the world with the rainbow of African letters If this...
For Ayo Banjo at 90, By Niyi Osundare
Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo Seasons come, seasons go But your virtues remain steady Untouched by passing fancies Below is a...
Once upon a planet, By Niyi Osundare
ONCE UPON A PLANET (For Earth Day 2024) The sky above our head is A ragged umbrella in need of...
For Jimi Solanke, By Niyi Osundare
FOR JIMI SOLANKE (Maestro with a Thousand Masks) I The last time we met Our laughter rang...
For Frank Kokori, By Niyi Osundare
(For Frank Kokori) Frankly speaking…… So he has gone the way of ancestors Not in a chariot of...
Night of horror, By Niyi Osundare
A crater in the ground and a devastated neighbourhood following the explosion in Ibadan. NIGHT OF HORROR* (When...
Ode to Kindness, By Niyi Osundare
ODE TO KINDNESS (For World Kindness Day)* Let the sun break out today From the bluest corner of...
President Tinubu: There is need to abort the suicide mission to Niger, By Niyi Osundare
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Dear President Tinubu, It all began as a roadside rumour before blasting its way to the...
Eco-musings: Writing our planet back to equitable health, By Niyi Osundare
The Nnimmo Bassey Example First and foremost, my resounding congratulations to Nnimmo Bassey, founder and nurturer of Health of Mother...
Harry Belafonte (1922-2023), By Niyi Osundare
A month before the United States and its allies invaded Iraq in March 2003, Archbishop Tutu joined the unprecedented international...
For Kole Omotoso at 80, By Niyi Osundare
Professor Kole Omotoso FOR KOLE OMOTOSO AT 80 (With the world still learning how to borrow a wondering leaf) ...
Remember Rwanda, By Niyi Osundare
Parables from Our Recent Polls I The journey from hate to holocaust is perilously short. . ....
Why poetry matters, By Niyi Osundare
Poetry matters because it never fails to remind us of the common colour of the blood in our veins, the...
Incompetence weds corruption, By Niyi Osundare
INCOMPETENCE WEDS CORRUPTION The Quickest Way to Kill A Nation 1 Pepeye, nigba too m’owe Ki lo be...
For Jahman Oladejo Anikulapo: The music never stops, By Niyi Osundare
In the past two decades, we have seen an uncommonly principled professional devote his enormous talent and energy to the...
Dying in the petrol queue, By Niyi Osundare
Nigeria: a Giant crawling like a wingless ant 1 I spent this year’s Christmas At a petro...
This oasis must bloom the desert, By Niyi Osundare
To the best of my knowledge, the NNMA remains to date, about the only Nigerian Order of grave national importance...
