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Inside Nigeria’s Spoken Word ‘industry’
Photo: A collage of images from Wordslam.. Feast of Poetic Flights... one of the precursors of teh current rave of Spoken Word and Performance Poetry projects, staged by the Culture!-->…
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Uche Nwokedi’s ‘A Shred Of Fear’: When a war does not end
'A Shred of Fear will continue to be a sad reminder of our national remiss towards that horrendous war. Nwokedi’s A Shred of Fear is a piece of timeless work that had lane buried in!-->…
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A Sestina for a slain colleague
(For Dr. Uyi, in memoriam)
Home beats sense out of your nostalgia.In Ogharra, grief-stricken relatives killed a young doctor.His mortal sin is yet to be declared,Their fury prefers!-->!-->!-->…
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2022… the Nigerian Year of Poetry
2022 has been an incredible year for poetry in Nigeria with the genre taking dominance over prose. From Nigerians winning international prizes to national prizes giving more publicity!-->…
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Book Review: Duro Oni: A man of many shades
(Duro Oni: Art, Design and Life – 70th Birthday Commemorative Studies and Tributes; ed. Sunday Enessi Ododo and Osita C. Ezenwanebe; pub. National Theatre, Iganmu Lagos, Nigeria in!-->…
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Book Review: Honouring Professor Akinjide Osuntokun
(A review of Africa and the Challenge of Underdevelopment: A Festschrift in Honour of Akinjide Osuntokun)
ON April 25, 2022, I confessed my desire for the personality and!-->!-->!-->…
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Between a book and an Ijebu delicacy
By Yinka Fabowale
O jina o, kibo!O yo gende.Li kobo y’omo, yo’yaO yo dede uleMi le nikan je tan oE wa ba mi ra!
Every dusk, the call went up, usually as the hour approached seven!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Pan African writers call for papers on Nobel laureate, Gurnah
PAN African Writers Association (PAWA) in collaboration with Uganda Women Writers Association (FEMWRITE) and Makerere University.
International Literature!-->!-->!-->…
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Writers don’t know how to speak the language of commerce, position for success, says Aderinokun
*It’s money that chases ideas, not ideas chasing money
*Bridge between creativity and other professionals lacking in Nigeria
By Anote Ajeluorou
Chief Kayode Aderinokun!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Two Nigerians among five winners of 2022 Morland Writing Scholarships
TWO Nigerians -- Chika Oduah and Lanre Otaiku -- are among five young writers selected for the 2022 Morland Writing Scholarships. Others are Muhammad L. Kejera (Gambia), Neema Komba!-->…
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