Nigerian poet, soul singer and author Olajuwon Joseph Olumide has won the 2022 Albert Jungers Poetry Prize (AJPP) for his award-winning poem “DO NOT DIE IN THEIR WAR!”
OLUWAFISAYO AKINFOLAMI WINS ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2022
Akinfolami, a student of History and International Studies at the University of Ilorin, won the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2022 for her emotional social comment poem “PALINDROME ZYX”.
ARTS, CREATIVITY & FRIENDSHIP: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM LEAVES ANOTHER MARK ON THE NIGERIAN LITERARY SCENE WITH FEAST OF WORDS 2022
Feast of Words 2022 was a fun-filled day of unbridled creativity featuring multi-genre performances by artists of all ages, insightful discussions, awards presentations, book fair, and an African night of traditional performances, palm wine and local delicacies.
‘I’M ON A HIATUS FOR PSALMS‘ / ‘FURLONG‘ / ‘ON DAYS WHEN THE AIR IS GRIEF‘ / ‘TO KISS ATAVISM‘ / ‘EXILE’ | five poems by Olayioye Paul Bamidele
here, the only ode is a receding
of insult. instead of pillows, my guardian
uses a slab, nets it on my nape & calls it
discipline. yet, that same night, cracks open—
like an egg—a psalm with my name.
GRACE (a poem by Blessing Omeiza Ojo)
I asked a boy, an orphan, bathing the street with waters
from his body, what led his pedigree to rest.
He said it was a bullet from a drunk policeman’s riffle.
the village chief’s wife & the boy who told tales to a blue bird (a poem by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson)
Today, the chief’s wife visited the village square
her once-rectangular parts now are square!
but we dare not boo or harry her…