Five excerpts from the forthcoming Augusta’s Poodle (Poems of Childhood) by Ogaga Ifowodo XI But how much do I...
From the onset, Nomad, the Nigeria Prize for Literature-winning collection of over sixty poems by Romeo Oriogun, shows something striking,...
Dear teacher and pagan, With prim fronds I thee wed. Is there palmwine in Paradise? The homy spirit...
Every war bequeaths on us a new vocabulary Of death and suffering and carnage We learn of new words and...
1 Japa is to slough off the skin To learn to swim upstream Mouth open and panting like fish Because...
The literary hub of Montreal once again opens its arms to the world’s poets as the prestigious Montreal International Poetry...
World Poetry Day 2024 witnessed a spectacular celebration of words, culture and creativity as lNigerian poets and their counterparts from...
Who was Abami Eda? You mean Fela? Oh, that strange being! Funny you should say so, Abami Eda means strange...
English PEN, in collaboration with Irish PEN/PEN na hÉireann and the Estate of Seamus Heaney, has announced the launch of...
Greatness interrupted A promising future truncated Unbeknownst, she boarded Charon’s ferry Hijacked by fiends in search of quarry Hippocrates was...
1. Enigmata. You hated fruitless journeys abroad, yet Aligned into a wasted generation at home: Preferred Kafka quaffed...
In the heart of Africa, my mother, she be movin’ and groovin’ with them threads, Craftin’ a masterpiece of strength...
