
Niyi Osundare To Deliver 2022 NNMA Winner Lecture, Dec.7
The lecture for the 2022 winners of the Nigerian National Merit Award (NNMA) will be given by Professor Niyi Osundare. To take place in Abuja on December 7, 2022, the topic is, “Poetry And The Human Voice”. “It will be taking place within the context of the Annual Forum of NNMA Laureates,” Osundare told The Guardian. He was the 2014 recipient of NNMA, Nigeria’s highest recognition for distinguished academic and creative achievement.
The poet, dramatist, critic, essayist, and media columnist has authored over 20 books of poetry, two books of selected poems (with individual poems in over 70 journals and magazines across the world), four plays, a book of essays, and numerous monographs and articles on literature, language, culture, and society. He regards his calling as a writer and hi...