Waiting Laughters

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.

Waiting Laughter este al doilea volum de poezie al lui Osundare, publicat cu aprecieri critice. In 1991, a castigat Premiul Noma pentru editare in Africa, cel mai prestigios premiu de carte pentru lucrari noi publicate pe continentul african.