Title: The Eagle's Vision: The Poetry of Tanure Ojaide
Abstract:If there is a persistent and unifying theme in most of his works, it is a single-minded detestation of tyrants combined with an obsessive commitment to social justice. This essay recognizes the imposs...If there is a persistent and unifying theme in most of his works, it is a single-minded detestation of tyrants combined with an obsessive commitment to social justice. This essay recognizes the impossibility of a deep exploration of this rising poetic star's work in a single foray (that, of course, would require treatment in a whole book) and therefore settles only for a brief, but ambitious survey of the artistry and social concerns of a poet who may very well be one of the finest, if not the finest, among Nigeria's harvest of poets of the post-Okigbo/post-Soyinka generation. The selection and treatment here of poems across many of the poet's several collections is ad hoc and sporadic-the choice of poems largely motivated by a concern for representative demonstration. The treatment of Ojaide's work is undertaken within a meaningful triadic framework, rotating around three themes: his life, artistry, and social vision.Read More
Publication Year: 1995
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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