Emerging Perspectives on Femi Osofisan Book

This anthology presents the most comprehensive and up to date critical works on the creative ingenuity of Femi Osofisan, one of the most prolific contemporary African writers. As shown in many of the essays in the volume, Osofisan's creative works are highly original, innovative, ingenious, and pleasing. The contributors are a distinguished set of literary scholars who have drawn on years of experience and research to present remarkable ideas and original interpretations of the over fifty plays, four works of fiction, four collections of poetry, and two books for junior readers already published by Osofisan. This innovative volume covers a broad range of themes in the writings of Osofisan, including literature and society, gender and women empowerment, style and language use, mobility of oral tradition, and translation/transliteration.