Beyond Aesthetics: What Does African Society Expect from Its Poets?
Topic: Beyond Aesthetics: What Does African Society Expect from Its Poets? Date: Saturday, 26 September 2026 Time: 4:30 p.m. – ...
Tag: poetry
Echoes of a Dying Do-Re-Mi Buzzing Through the Rhythm of Uche Chidozie’s Fading Solfeggio
Uche Chidozie Okorie's Fading Solfeggio is a 128-page poetry collection that laments like a muted cry in an era overwhelmed ...
ANA commemorates World Poetry Day, urges greater investment in literature
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has joined the global literary community in commemorating the World Poetry Day, celebrated annually ...
Coming soon: Emman Usman Shehu’s fifth poetry collection, Footnotes for a Native Land
Topaz Books is proud to announce the imminent public release of the eagerly-awaited Footnotes for a Native Land, the fifth ...
IHRAM unveils longlist of 58 entries for African Human Rights Poetry Competition
The African Secretariat of the International Human Rights Art Movement (IHRAM) has unveiled the longlist for its African Human ...
The Essence of Poetry
To me, poetry is not about complicating the narrative. Rather, it is about magnifying the message through the appropriate ...
Wale Okediran at 70 poetry competition longlist unveiled
In celebration of the forthcoming 70th birthday of renowned Nigerian writer and literary administrator, Dr. Wale Okediran, the organisers of ...
The Forgotten Sorcery of the Poet
Beware, O smitten lasses, Of poets and sages And the rascals of the written word When the poet of ...
Once, Queen of the Savanna
Once, a queen of the savanna, adorned in emerald dress, My plains, a haven where saints found solace and blessed. ...
The Lies We Tell Ourselves
Sumaila Umaisha We allow the alluring flaws in us to nourish the soul and then marvel at the fruits of ...