Femi Osofisan

Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan (born June 1946 in Erunwon, Ogun State) is a Nigerian writer known for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of his novels. A frequent theme his novels explore is the conflict between good and evil. He is in fact a didactic writer whose works seek to correct his decadent society.

Education

Osofisan attended primary school at Ife and secondary school at Government College, Ibadan. After secondary school, he attended the University of Senegal in Dakar and later the University of Ibadan. He continued post-graduate studies at the University of Ibadan and went on to hold faculty positions at the University.

Works

• Kolera Kolej. New Horn, 1975.
• The Chattering and the Song. Ibadan: Ibadan UP, 1977.
• Morountodun and Other Plays. Lagos: Longman, 1982.
• Minted Coins (poetry), Heinemann, 1987.
• Another Raft. Lagos: Malthouse, 1988. [End Page 153]
• Once upon Four Robbers. Ibadan: Heinemann, 1991
• Twingle-Twangle A-Twynning Tayle. Longman, 1992.
• Yungba-Yungba and the Dance Contest: A Parable for Our Times, Heinemann Educational, Nigeria, 1993.
• The Album of the Midnight Blackout, University Press, Nigeria, 1994.
• Tegonni: An African Antigone. Tegonni, an African Antigone. Ibadan: Opon Ifa, 1999.
• Theater and the Rites of 'Post-Negritude' Remembering. Research in African Literatures 30.1 (1999): 1–11.

References

• Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale.
• Article on his works and post-colonial impacts