Download or read book Waiting Laughters written by Niyi Osundare and published by Niyi Osundare. This book was released on 1990 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Waiting Laughters is Osundare's second volume of poetry, published to critical acclaim. In 1991, it won The Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, the most prestigious book prize for new works published within the African continent. The collection is conceived as a poetic response to the gloom and despair gripping contemporary African society: the poems emphasise the possibility of laughter and its diverse manifestations. The style of the poetry is reflective of oral and Yoruba literary traditions.