Niyi Osundare Int'l Poetry Festival

Yippee! Professor Niyi Osundare @ 77 May the ink continue to flow in perpetuity A s’eyi s’amodun! #NiyiOsundare #NiyiOsundare_Green #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare77 @ekitistategov HE @biodunaoyebanji @UofNO @nolapworg @gboyenautics @BBCAfrica @kolatubosun @AfricanWriting @molarawood

Harry Belafonte (1922-2023) ©️ #Niyi Osundare, June 1, 2023 “With defiant fidelity he called Castro By his proper name, and was never shy Of the proclamation of Mandela’s Mandate” premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/… #NOIPOFEST #HarryBelafonte #Belafonte @PremiumTimesng @jahmanoladejo

For Kole Omotoso at 80, By #NiyiOsundare premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/… #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare #KoleOmotoso @PremiumTimesng @AfricanWriting @BooksellersNG @jahmanoladejo @Rovingheights

Remember Rwanda: Parables From Our Recent Polls By Niyi Osundare "And so, another ballot bedlam And its barbarous aftermath Cyber mobs wild with imprecations and virtual assassinations Their reptilian malevolence, their deadly untruths"~ #NiyiOsundare #NOIPOFEST @jahmanoladejo

Remember Rwanda: Parables From Our Recent Polls By Niyi Osundare "Pogroms often begin With the first misbegotten Word Ye Flamethrowers of the current Nigerian war, Remember Rwanda!" ~ #NiyiOsundare #NiyiOsundare_Green #NOIPOFEST @NigeriaGov @ekitistategov @gboyenautics

Remember Rwanda: Parables From Our Recent Polls By Niyi Osundare "Unhappy that nation which brings out The worst in its people Unhappy the people who only bring out The worst in their nation" ~ #NiyiOsundare #NOIPOFEST saharareporters.com/2023/04/03/rem… @SaharaReporters @AfricanWriting

In commemoration of the 2023 World Poetry Day, Niyi Osundare writes: guardian.ng/art/why-poetry… #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare #WorldPoetryDay #WorldPoetryDay2023 #WhyPoetryMatters @GuardianNigeria @gboyenautics @ekitistategov @NigeriaGov @UofNO @unopress @FMICNigeria @UNOpresidentJN @UN

@AfricanWriting Hello @AfricanWriting THANK YOU to you, and everyone for celebrating the Poet of poets. #NOIPOFESTTeam

Happy 76th birthday to foremost poet, dramatist, linguist, literary critic, essayist, and media columnist, Niyi Osundare!

Happy Birthday Professor Niyi Osundare Thank you for all you to the literary society and the global community at large. #NiyiOsundare #NiyiOsundare_Green #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare76 @ekitistategov HE @biodunaoyebanji @UofNO @nolapworg @gboyenautics @BBCAfrica @kolatubosun

Honour from China: Congratulations Professor Niyi Osundare Details: thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2023/02/15/osu… #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare #NOIPOFEST_Green #NiyiOsundare_Green HE @biodunaoyebanji @gboyenautics @NigeriaGov @UofNO @jahmanoladejo @EmbacubaChina @dr_sopak @thefaloye @ekitistategov

Osundare to deliver 2022 NNMA winners lecture Date: December 7, 2022 Venue: Abuja. Topic: Poetry​ and​ the​ Human​ Voice guardian.ng/art/osundare-t… #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare #NOIPOFEST_Green #NNMALecture2022 @UNOpresidentJN @unopress @NGRPresident @gboyenautics @ekitistategov

#POETALERT 🚨 For Nigeria at 62 By Niyi Osundare “...Land of the Lordly Niger And the Blessed Benue Whose waters throb With diverse shoals...” 👇 thenationonlineng.net/for-nigeria-at… #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare #NOIPOFEST_Green #NiyiOsundare_Green @NigeriaGov @TheNationNews #Poem

#POETALERT 🚨 The Oil Thieves Of Thief Country, By Niyi Osundare Sept 15, 2022 “...Oh crude, crude, crude, this crude war...” * First published in 2004 ©️Niyi Osundare #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare #NOIPOFEST_Green #NiyiOsundare_Green saharareporters.com/2022/09/15/oil… @SaharaReporters

POETALERT 🚨 Bridge Across the Seas By Niyi Osundare Can you smell a new book coming from the muse? 👇 premiumtimesng.com/opinion/551658… #FromEnglishtoKorean #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare #NOIPOFEST_Green #NiyiOsundare_Green @PremiumTimesng @UNOpresidentJN @unopress @Rovingheights

‘Ladipo Adamolekun: I too remember *” By Niyi Osundare premiumtimesng.com/opinion/544509… #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare #NOIPOFEST_Green #NiyiOsundare_Green @PremiumTimesng @UofNO @gboyenautics @jahmanoladejo @

The Happiest People on Earth By Niyi Osundare “We are H-A-P-P-Y We are H-A-P-P-Y We know we are We are sure we are We are H-A-P-P-Y Happppppy!” Read more: premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/… #NiyiOsundare #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare_Green #NOIPOFEST_Green @unopress @PremiumTimesng

For: NO — Niyi Osundare @75, By Sola Olorunyomi premiumtimesng.com/entertainment/… #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare #NiyiOsundare_Green @PremiumTimesng #NiyiOsundare75

Niyi Osundare: A poet bemoaning LOSS OF green paradise By Henry Akubuiro sunnewsonline.com/niyi-osundare-… #NOIPOFEST #NiyiOsundare #NiyiOsundare_Green #NOIPOFEST_GREEN #ClimateChange @henrymalachy @jahmanoladejo @Rovingheights @gboyenautics

#NOIPOFEST2022 CLOSING This moment of the festival wraps up feedbacks and unveil next location. And by popular demand, it’s #NOIPOFEST_IKERE2023 Thank you all for coming and joining online @ekitistategov HE @kfayemi @gboyenautics #NOIPOFEST #NOIPOFEST_EKITI2022 #NiyiOsundare

#NOIPOFEST2022 Thank you all for your virtual participation and for staying through the festival There are arts in these canva @ekitistategov @FMICNigeria @gboyenautics @GbenroAdegbola #NOIPOFEST #NOIPOFEST_EKITI2022 #NiyiOsundare