WriteHouse Collective presents this month’s edition of Artmosphere titled ‘Songs of the Marketplace’, featuring a special evening of readings and conversations with renowned poet, scholar and social critic, Professor Niyi Osundare.
According to Servio Gbadamosi, Managing Partner of WriteHouse Collective, Osundare will read from his collections and discuss the creative process, literature and political as well as social issues confronting our nation and people today.
“Tade Ipadeola, author of the award-winning poetry collection, The Sahara Testament, will moderate the session. There will also be music performances by D’Jazz Band from 3pm, on Saturday, June 20, at the NuStreams Conference Centre, Km 110, Iyaganku Road, off Alalubosa GRA, Ibadan,” Gbadamosi stated.
Osundare is a prolific poet, dramatist and literary critic. He gained degrees at the University of Ibadan (BA), the University of Leeds (MA) and York University, Canada (Ph.D, 1979). Previously professor (from 1989) and Head of English (1993-97) at the University of Ibadan, he became professor of English at the University of New Orleans in 1997.
He is a holder of numerous awards for his poetry, as well as the Fonlon/Nichols award for “excellence in literary creativity combined with significant contributions to Human Rights in Africa”.
His poem, ‘Not My Business’ is compulsory study in the AQA A syllabus for GCSE English Language.
In December 2014, Osundare was awarded the Nigerian National Merit Award (NNMA) for academic excellence.
Artmosphere is a monthly platform for the revival of a vibrant reading culture and the promotion of creative expressions in literature, music and the arts among Nigeria’s teeming youth population.
Curated by WriteHouse Collective since July 2011, Artmosphere has consistently incorporated the classic ideals of artistic erudition with the innovations of performance practice and contemporary culture. The event offers an eclectic mix of creative dexterity from leading and emerging culture practitioners in Nigeria.
Book readings, poetry performances, panel discussions, music and art exhibitions are creatively fused to make each edition a memory to be relished.
