Year: <span>2016</span>

CALL FOR ENTRIES: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2016 (EOPP 2016)

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 23, 2016August 3, 2020

Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR Ltd.), in collaboration with Something for Everybody Ventures (SFEV), hereby announces the call for entries for the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2016. Nigerian Poets and...

INTERVIEWS

AUTHORPEDIA CHAT: "Literary prizes do not define a writer’s worth” — AYOOLA GOODNESS OLANREWAJU

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 20, 2016August 3, 2020

Goodness Olanrewaju Ayoola hails from Osun State, Nigeria. His poetry has appeared in numerous poetry journals. He has won several poetry awards, including second place in the World Poetry Prize...

INTERVIEWS

DAILY TRUST INTERVIEWS WRR CEO KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 18, 2016August 3, 2020

With two published poetry collections and a massive social media poetry movement called WRR, Kukogho Iruesiri Samson has established himself as a poet of note in Nigeria. He talks about...

POETRY

WHY by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson

Kukogho Iruesiri SamsonJuly 16, 2016August 21, 2017

Why try to become him, her, them When Life asks us all different questions [caption id="attachment_21372" align="aligncenter" width="1737"] WHY by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson[/caption]

BOOK REVIEWS

WHY IKYAABO TELLS TALES BEHIND OUR PHONEY SMILES, A REVIEW BY VANGER FATER

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 16, 2016August 3, 2020

TITLE: BEHIND THE PHONEY SMILES AUTHOR: IKYAABO BARNABAS TERHEMBA GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 60 PUBLISHER: PREMIER MEDIA & GRAPHICS YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2016 ISBN: 978-978-909-486-8 REVIEWER: VANGER FATER African...

POETRY

OH AFRI-CA! by Godspromise Effiong

Godspromise EffiongJuly 14, 2016July 16, 2017

Let's talk Africa Don't stalk Africa Our battles are fought With religion in guise Let's talk pain Let's talk stain With so much fury Wards languish in penury Let's talk...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016 [JULY]

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 12, 2016August 3, 2020

Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR) is calling on Nigerian poets living in Nigeria, Africa and all over the world to enter for the July edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY...

NEWS

BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016: OGEDENGBE TOLULOPE IMPACT’S ‘CHANGE IS HERE’ WINS JUNE EDITION

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 12, 2016

A Chemical Engineering graduate of the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, OGEDENGBE Tolulope Impact, has been named the June edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC)...

INTERVIEWS

“Nigerian writing is currently an iceberg” —Emmanuel Frank-Opigo

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 10, 2016August 4, 2020

Emmanuel Ayibaemi Frank-Opigo, an engineer and a poet, is the Director of Works and Services at the Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. He was the Chairman of the State Branch...

POETRY

DON’T LOOK FOR GOD by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson

Kukogho Iruesiri SamsonJuly 10, 2016August 21, 2017

God does not live in Bible pages Yes, your Koran cannot be his house He counts not rosaries, nor habits images Clanging bells and murdered cocks only arouse The owner...

Year: 2016

CALL FOR ENTRIES: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2016 (EOPP 2016)

AUTHORPEDIA CHAT: "Literary prizes do not define a writer’s worth” — AYOOLA GOODNESS OLANREWAJU

DAILY TRUST INTERVIEWS WRR CEO KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON

WHY by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson

WHY IKYAABO TELLS TALES BEHIND OUR PHONEY SMILES, A REVIEW BY VANGER FATER

OH AFRI-CA! by Godspromise Effiong

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016 [JULY]

BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016: OGEDENGBE TOLULOPE IMPACT’S ‘CHANGE IS HERE’ WINS JUNE EDITION

“Nigerian writing is currently an iceberg” —Emmanuel Frank-Opigo

DON’T LOOK FOR GOD by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson

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