LETTER TO SELF by Eseohe Ebhota Akoma
Dear self If you keep going backwards With the same people God has removed from your life You'll remain stuck No joy comes From being confused and unhappy Get rid...
AUTHORPEDIA CHAT: “The more you read, the better you write” — ANGEL OYINPREYE TARILA–NIKADE
ANGEL OYINPREYE TARILA–NIKADE is 9 year-old Nigerian writer from Agbere in Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State. Oyinpreye is the first born child of her family. She recently published...
CALL FOR ENTRIES: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2016 (EOPP 2016)
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...
AUTHORPEDIA CHAT: "Literary prizes do not define a writer’s worth” — AYOOLA GOODNESS OLANREWAJU
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...
DAILY TRUST INTERVIEWS WRR CEO KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON
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...
WHY IKYAABO TELLS TALES BEHIND OUR PHONEY SMILES, A REVIEW BY VANGER FATER
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...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016 [JULY]
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...
BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016: OGEDENGBE TOLULOPE IMPACT’S ‘CHANGE IS HERE’ WINS JUNE EDITION
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)...
“Nigerian writing is currently an iceberg” —Emmanuel Frank-Opigo
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...
LIVE by Eseohe Ebhota Akoma
Live in the active voice, not the passive. Think more about what you make happen than what happens to you. Live in the indicative mood rather than in the subjective....