Femi Osofisan

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Femi Osofisan
BornBabafemi Adeyemi Osofisan
(1946-06-16) June 16, 1946 (age 77)
Erunwon, Ogun State, Nigeria
Pen nameOkinba Launko
OccupationProfessor, Playwright, Poet
Alma materUniversity of Ibadan;
Sorbonne, Paris
Notable awardsThalia Prize
Website
Official website

Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan (born June 16, 1946), known as Femi Osofisan or F.O., is a

Nigerian
writer noted for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of his plays. A frequent theme that his drama explore is the conflict between good and evil. He is a didactic writer whose works seek to correct his decadent society. He has written poetry under the pseudonym Okinba Launko.[1]

Education and career

Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan was born in the village of Erunwon,

Ife and secondary school at Government College, Ibadan
. He then attended the
Theatre Arts, Kwara State University, Nigeria.[4]

Osofisan is Vice President (West Africa) of the Pan African Writers' Association.[5]

In 2016, he became the first African to be awarded the prestigious Thalia Prize by the International Association of Theatre Critics,[6] the induction ceremony taking place on 27 September.[7]

Writing

Osofisan has written and produced more than 60 plays.

adapted into a film in 2011
. Several of Osofisan's plays are adaptations of works by other writers:
Antigone,[11][12]
and others.

Osofisan in his works also emphasizes gender: his representation of women as objects, objects of social division, due to shifting customs and long-lived traditions, and also as instruments for sexual exploitation; and his portrayal of women as subjects, individuals capable of cognition, endowed with consciousness and will, and capable of making decisions and effecting actions.His inspiration is based on his home town and his society

Selected works

  • Kolera Kolej. New Horn, 1975.[citation needed]
  • The Chattering and the Song. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 1977.
  • Morountodun and Other Plays. Lagos: Longman, 1982.
  • Minted Coins (poetry), Heinemann, 1987.
  • Another Raft. Lagos: Malthouse, 1988.
  • Once upon Four Robbers. Ibadan: Heinemann, 1991
  • Twingle-Twangle A-Twynning Tayle. Longman, 1992.
  • Yungba-Yungba and the Dance Contest: A Parable for Our Times, Heinemann Educational, Nigeria, 1993.
  • The Album of the Midnight Blackout, University Press, Nigeria, 1994.
  • "Warriors of a Failed Utopia? West African writers since the 70s" in Leeds
    African Studies Bulletin
     61 (1996), pp. 11–36.
  • Tegonni: An African Antigone. Ibadan: Opon Ifa, 1999.
  • "Theater and the Rites of 'Post-Negritude' Remembering". Research in African Literatures 30.1 (1999): 1–11.
  • "Love's Unlike Lading: A Comedy from Shakespeare". Lagos: Concept Publications. 2012
  • "One Legend, Many seasons". Lagos: Concept Publications. 2001

Awards

  • 2015: PAWA Membership Honorary Award[5][13]
  • 2016: Thalia Prize from the International Association of Theatre Critics[14]

References

  1. ^ "As Osofisan's 'Cordelia' goes on big screen | The Nation". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. ^ Femi Osofisan page at African Books Collective.
  3. ^ Don Rubin, "A Brief Introduction to Femi Osofisan", Critical Stages/Scènes Critiques, December 2016: Issue No 14.
  4. ^ "Femi Osofisan at 75: Homage to a literary luminary and statesman, By Toyin Falola". 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  5. ^ a b "PAWA Congratulates Prof Osofisan", Modern Ghana, 1 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Reward for criticism", The Nation, 3 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Osofisan installed as 2016 Thalia laureate", PM News, 2 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Prof. Femi Osofisan | UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN". www.ui.edu.ng. Archived from the original on 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  9. ^ Voice, City. "International conference in Osofisan's honour holds next June | City Voice Newspaper". Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  10. ^ Olasope, Olakunbi (2012). "To Sack a City or to Breach a Woman's Chastity: Euripides' Trojan Women and Osofisan's Women of Owu". African Performance Review, Journal of African Theatre Association UK. 6 (1): 111–121.
  11. ^ Olasope, Olakunbi (2002). "Greek and Yoruba Beliefs in Sophocles' Antigone and Femi Osofisan's Adaptation, Tegonni". Papers in Honour of Tekena N. Tamuno: 408–420.
  12. ISBN 9780191712135
    .
  13. ^ "Echoes of Achebe's works at writers' show". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  14. ^ "Femi Osofisan wins Thalia Prize 2016". Vanguard News. 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  • Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale.

Further reading

External links
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