In an insightful podcast interview hosted by Tee Jay Dan, Nigerian poet, music critic and medical doctor Dami Ajayi, dispels...
Nwa Chukwu is a searing confessional steeped in nostalgia with a generous dash of regret and pain.
Paul Engle described Poetry as “ordinary language raised to the Nth power.” Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded...
Every three hours, a woman is murdered in South Africa according to official statistics, with as many as 3000 having...
What better way to end a poetry filled week than with music, drinks and more poetry. The Lagos Poetry Festival...
They say time flies when you are having fun. Get ready for some massive fun at Nigeria’s biggest book and...
1. Favourite book ever: I’d have to say Mariama Ba’s epistolatory ‘So Long A Letter’. 2. Why?: The power of the book to transport me, at 14, into another...
Crickets are chirpin’ the water is high There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry Window wide open...
On Saturday, December 14, 2019, Awka, the capital of Anambra State will see literary fireworks as some of Africa’s finest...
Ten poetry books that illuminate a decade’s struggles Occupy Wall Street. The Peoples Climate March. The Women’s March. Black Lives...
The 2020 competition of the Montreal International Poetry Prize is now open for submissions. The Montreal Prize is a not-for-profit,...
Do you enjoy reading poetry? Then you might not know that April is National Poetry Month. Started in 1996, National...