Láwuyì Ògúnníran Explained

Láwuyì Ògúnníran
Language:	Yorùbá
Birth Place:	Iroko, Oyo State, Nigeria
Genre:	plays
Birth Name:	Ọláwuyì Mosọbalájé Ọ̀nàọpẹ́pọ̀ Àyìndé Owólábí Ògúnníran

Láwuyì Ògúnníran (5 November 1935 – 21 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.

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-09-22. Lawuyi Ogunniran, àgbà ọ̀jẹ̀ òǹkọ̀wé Eégún Aláré dágbére fáyé!. 2020-09-30. BBC News Yorùbá. yo.
2. Book: Boscolo, Cristina. Ọdún: Discourses, Strategies, and Power in the Yorùbá Play of Transformation. Rodopi. 2009. 978-90-420-2680-3. New York. 24. en.
3. Web site: Unilorin bulletin 18th April, 2016. 2020-09-30. Issuu. en.
4. Book: Collier, Gordon. Focus on Nigeria: Literature and Culture. 2012. Rodopi. 978-94-012-0847-5. en.
5. Book: Ogunniran, Lawuyi. Ààre-àgò aríkùyerì. 1977. Macmillan Nigeria Publishers. yo.
6. Book: Ogunniran, Lawuyi. Eégún Aláré. 1972. Macmillan Nigeria. 978-978-132-235-8. yo.
7. Book: Ògúnníran, Láwuyì. Ọmọ Alátẹ Ìlẹ̀kẹ̀. 1996. Lolyem Communications. 978-978-31667-0-7. Ibadan, Nigeria. Yoruba. 39742459.
8. Book: Ogunniran, Lawuyi. Ìbàdàn Mesìọ̀gọ̀: Kìnnìún ilẹ̀ Yorùbá (1829-1893). 2000. Vantage. 978-978-8000-27-3. Ibadan. 667620284.
9. Book: Ogunniran, Lawuyi. Ọlọ́run ò màwàda. Ìràwọ̀ . 1991. Frontline Publishers. Ibadan. 9789782051004 . Yoruba. 777317971.
10. Book: Ogunniran, Lawuyi.. Atari ajanaku.. 1987 . Ibadan, Nigeria : Evans Brothers, 1987. 9789781674532 .
11. Book: Ogunniran, Lawuyi. Igi wọ́rọ́kọ́. 1998. Lolyem Communications. 9789783166714 . yo.
12. Book: Ọgúnníran, Láwuyì. Níbo layé dorí kọ?. 1980. Longman Nigeria. 978-0-582-63858-7. Ikeja, Nigeria. Yoruba. 33832610.
13. Book: Ogunniran, Lawuyi. Ọ̀nà kan ò wọjà. 1991. Longman Nigeria. 978-978-139-299-3. Ikeja. Yoruba. 31742069.
14. Book: Ọmọ́táyọ̀. Yẹmí. Abínúẹni. Ogunniran. Lawuyi. 1997. Lolyem Communications. 978-978-31667-9-0. yo.
15. Book: Ògúnníran, Láwuyi. Ààrò Mẹ́ta Àtọ̀runwá!. 1993. Vantage Publishers. 978-978-2458-24-7. Ibadan, Nigeria. Yoruba. 39782269.
16. Book: Ogunniran, Lawuyi. Ìwé Àṣà Ìbílẹ̀ Yorùbá. Ibadan University Press. 1981. Olajubu. Oludare. Ibadan.