Láwuyì Ògúnníran

Láwuyì Ògúnníran (5 November 1935 – 22 September 2020) was a Nigerian playwright who authored several works in the Yoruba language.[1][2] His play, Eégún Aláré, is a widely acclaimed work, and is a required text for Yorùbá literature classes in many Nigerian secondary schools.

Láwuyì Ògúnníran
Born1935 (1935)
Nigeria
DiedSeptember 21, 2020(2020-09-21) (aged 84–85)
LanguageYorùbá
GenrePlay

Several academic papers have been dedicated to analysing different issues in his works, including a PhD thesis by Saudat Adebisi Hamzat at the University of Ilorin, entitled A New Historicist Analysis of Selected Plays of Lawuyi Ogunniran and Olu Owolabi.[3] Durotoye Adeleke, a professor of Linguistics and African Languages at the University of Ibadan has also examined the topos of the 'Shakespearean Fool' in Ogunniran's work, alongside three other Yorùbá plays by Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí, Ọláńrewájú Adépọ̀jù and Afọlábí Ọlábímtán.[4] Others have concentrated on exploring the poetics and oratory style that the dramatist deploys in his works.

Publications
  • Ààre-àgò Aríkùyerì[5]
  • Eégún Aláré[6]
  • Ọmọ Alátẹ Ìlẹ̀kẹ̀[7]
  • Ìbàdàn Mesìọ̀gọ̀: Kìnnìún ilẹ̀ Yorùbá (1829–1893)[8]
  • Ọlọ́run ò màwàda[9]
  • Àtàrí àjànàku[10]
  • Igi wọ́rọ́kọ́[11]
  • Nibo laye dori ko?[12]
  • Ọ̀nà kan ò wọjà[13]
  • Abínúẹni (coauthored with Yẹmí Ọmọ́táyọ̀)[14]
  • Ààrò Mẹ́ta Àtọ̀runwá![15]
  • Ìṣe tí Àwọn Yorùbá Ńṣe[16]

References
  1. "Lawuyi Ogunniran, àgbà ọ̀jẹ̀ òǹkọ̀wé Eégún Aláré dágbére fáyé!". BBC News Yorùbá (in Yoruba). 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
  2. Boscolo, Cristina (2009). Ọdún: Discourses, Strategies, and Power in the Yorùbá Play of Transformation. New York: Rodopi. p. 24. ISBN 978-90-420-2680-3.
  3. "Unilorin bulletin 18th April, 2016". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
  4. Collier, Gordon (2012). Focus on Nigeria: Literature and Culture. Rodopi. ISBN 978-94-012-0847-5.
  5. Ogunniran, Lawuyi (1977). Ààre-àgò aríkùyerì (in Yoruba). Macmillan Nigeria Publishers.
  6. Ogunniran, Lawuyi (1972). Eégún Aláré (in Yoruba). Macmillan Nigeria. ISBN 978-978-132-235-8.
  7. Ògúnníran, Láwuyì (1996). Ọmọ Alátẹ Ìlẹ̀kẹ̀ (in Yoruba). Ibadan, Nigeria: Lolyem Communications. ISBN 978-978-31667-0-7. OCLC 39742459.
  8. Ogunniran, Lawuyi (2000). Ìbàdàn Mesìọ̀gọ̀: Kìnnìún ilẹ̀ Yorùbá (1829-1893). Ibadan: Vantage. ISBN 978-978-8000-27-3. OCLC 667620284.
  9. Ogunniran, Lawuyi (1991). Ọlọ́run ò màwàda (in Yoruba). Ibadan: Frontline Publishers. OCLC 777317971.
  10. Ogunniran, Lawuyi. Atari ajanaku. Ibadan, Nigeria : Evans Brothers, 1987.CS1 maint: location (link)
  11. Ogunniran, Lawuyi (1998). Igi wọ́rọ́kọ́ (in Yoruba). Lolyem Communications.
  12. Ọgúnníran, Láwuyì (1980). Níbo layé dorí kọ? (in Yoruba). Ikeja, Nigeria: Longman Nigeria. ISBN 978-0-582-63858-7. OCLC 33832610.
  13. Ogunniran, Lawuyi (1991). Ọ̀nà kan ò wọjà (in Yoruba). Ikeja: Longman Nigeria. ISBN 978-978-139-299-3. OCLC 31742069.
  14. Ọmọ́táyọ̀, Yẹmí; Ogunniran, Lawuyi (1997). Abínúẹni (in Yoruba). Lolyem Communications. ISBN 978-978-31667-9-0.
  15. Ògúnníran, Láwuyi (1993). Ààrò Mẹ́ta Àtọ̀runwá! (in Yoruba). Ibadan, Nigeria: Vantage Publishers. ISBN 978-978-2458-24-7. OCLC 39782269.
  16. Ogunniran, Lawuyi (1981). Olajubu, Oludare (ed.). Ìwé Àṣà Ìbílẹ̀ Yorùbá. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press.


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