Niyi Osundare and the Interface Language Factor.

dc.contributor.author	Anyokwu, C.
dc.date.accessioned	2017-10-19T08:41:43Z
dc.date.available	2017-10-19T08:41:43Z
dc.date.issued	2005
dc.description	Staff Publication	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Niyi Osundare is arguably the guiding light of the "post"- Soyinka- Okigbo - Clark generation of African poets, a fact borne out by not only his prolificity but the numerous local and international awards and decorations he has won. Osundare has steadily matured over time in his deft handling of language through his unique conflation of his native Yoruba (source language) and the English language (i.e. target language). This phenomenon, akin to the Achebean prescription, is what we have termed "the Interface language". Thus. this paper seeks to demonstrate using Osundare's oeuvre how "the people's poet" does this	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Anyokwu,C. (2005) Niyi Osundare and the Interface Language Factor Christopher. Ihafa: Journal of African Studies, Department of African and Asian Studies, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria. Vol. 5, (2), p. 85 - 100.	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1117-5257
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.unilag.edu.ng:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2377
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Staff Publication;
dc.subject	Interface Language	en_US
dc.subject	Native Language	en_US
dc.title	Niyi Osundare and the Interface Language Factor.	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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