Femi Osofisan

Q: What Schools Are Affiliated With Femi Osofisan

Femi Osofisan is affiliated with the following schools: Université Dakar Bourguiba, University of Ibadan

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#2529

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According to Wikipedia, Babafemi Adeyemi Osofisan , known as Femi Osofisan or F.O., is a Nigerian writer noted for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of his plays. A frequent theme that his drama explore is the conflict between good and evil. He is a didactic writer whose works seek to correct his decadent society. He has written poetry under the pseudonym Okinba Launko.

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Femi Osofisan's Published Works

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African Theatre in Development (1999) (30)
Once Upon Four Robbers (1982) (30)
Theater and the Rites of "Post-Negritude" Remembering (1999) (26)
The Chattering And The Song (1976) (24)
Insidious treasons : drama in a postcolonial state (2001) (14)
Literature and the Pressures of Freedom: Essays, Speeches and Songs (2006) (13)
Women of Owu (2006) (10)
Theatre Matters: ‘The Revolution as Muse’: drama as surreptitious insurrection in a post-colonial, military state (1998) (9)
African theatre : playwrights & politics (2001) (9)
Who's Afraid Of Solarin? (1978) (7)
The Nostalgic Drum: Essays on Literature, Drama and Culture (2001) (7)
African theatre: Southern Africa. (2004) (6)
Reflections on theatre practice in contemporary Nigeria. (1998) (5)
African Theatre Women (2002) (5)
Farewell to a cannibal rage (1986) (4)
The Alternative Tradition : A Survey Of Nigerian Literature In English Since The Civil War (1986) (4)
Enriching the Content of Nollywood Products (2009) (4)
Birthdays are not for dying : & other plays (1991) (3)
The Oriki Of A Grasshopper, And Other Plays (1995) (3)
Antigone in Yoruba Land Some Remarks on the Conception of Tegonni, an African Antigone (2009) (2)
Theatrical Life After the Generals: or, Nigerian Theatre in Search of a Lifeline (2007) (2)
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) The politics of adaptation : contemporary African drama and Greek tragedy (2011) (2)
Esu and the vagabond minstrels : a feritlity rite for the modern stage (1993) (2)
Yungba-Yungba and the dance contest : a parable for our times (1993) (2)
Two one-act plays: The oriki of a grasshopper and Altine's Wrath (1986) (2)
A Rebirth in African Theatre (2001) (2)
Literary Theatre after the Generals: A Personal Itinerary (2008) (1)
African Theatre and Politics: The Evolution of Theatre in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, a Comparative Study. By Jane Plastow. Amsterdam & Atlanta, GA: Rodopi, 1996. Pp. xi + 286 + illus + maps. 45Hfl; $28 Pb. (1998) (1)
Aringindin and the nightwatchmen : a play (1992) (1)
Yorùbá Theatre in Crisis: Death or Transition? (2005) (1)
"Post-Negritude" Remembering1 (2016) (0)
Companies: Notes on Contributors (2008) (0)
Obituary: Adieu Alain Ricard (2017) (0)
African Theatre 8: Diasporas: Vivian Bickford-Smith & Richard Mendelsohn (eds) Black & White in Colour: African History on Screen (2009) (0)
Playscript The Inspector & the Hero (2019) (0)
Companies: Playscript: Our House (2008) (0)
Kolera kolej : a novel (1975) (0)
Announcements (1985) (0)
Another raft : a play (1988) (0)
ReTAGS Speaker Series | Act 2 | Prof. Femi Osofisan (2021) (0)
Pa Fálétí, Another Icon Departs (2021) (0)
African Theatre 12: Shakespeare, Africa & the Globe Olympiad (2013) (0)
same time to stir our people out of passivity and evasion. (2016) (0)
African Theatre 8: Diasporas: Christopher Odhiambo, Theatre for Development in Kenya: In Search of an Effective Procedure & Methodology (2009) (0)
Interweaving as a living theatre practice (2020) (0)
In Memoriam: GOODBYE, ECKHARD… (2017) (0)
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African Theatre 8: Diasporas: Obituaries (2009) (0)
Morountodun: (I have found a sweet thing) (2017) (0)
The Inspector & the Hero (2019) (0)
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) The politics of adaptation : contemporary African drama and Greek tragedy van Weyenberg (2011) (0)
African Theatre 8: Diasporas: Contents (2009) (0)
Obituary:: Adieu Alain Ricard (1945–2016) (2017) (0)
A review of the developmental trends in Nigerian theatre practice shows that from the post independent era to the present day, there has been a noticeable change in the tone of Nigerian plays both in content (2012) (0)
African Theatre 12: Frontmatter (2013) (0)
African Theatre 8: Diasporas: Mieke Kolk (ed.) Rituals & Ceremonies in Sudan: From Cultural Heritage to Theatre (2009) (0)
African Theatre 8: Diasporas: Susan Arndt, Eckhard Breitinger & Marek Spitczok von Brisinski (eds) Theatre, Peformance & New Media in Africa (2009) (0)
African Theatre 12: Introduction (2013) (0)
African Theatre 8: Diasporas: Frontmatter (2009) (0)
African Theatre 8: Diasporas: Bernth Lindfors, Early Soyinka (2009) (0)
Odùduwà, Don't Go! A One-Act Play (2013) (0)
The Revolutionary Drama and Theatre of Femi Osofisan (0)
African Theatre 8: Diasporas: Dedication (2009) (0)
Esiaba Irobi: Death Does Not Kill a Song (2014) (0)