His name is Jimoh Isiaq. He is standing by the side of the road, wearing a striped blue, white, and black sweater.
#EndSARS: Jimoh Isiaq is Dead, What about those who Survive?
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I’m pleased to say that it felt like home journeying to the birth of this book. Of course home is where the “art” is. This chapbook contains 20 poems scribed from the very core of my heart.
“Dancing With The Tides” sends a message or talks about the need to being in equilibrium with the happenings in the world and not to be too attached to one specifically.
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₦1,000.00Add to basketAbebi
Cries of a baby
Tears of Iya Abebi
Evil some people call life
Isn’t it darkness that brought her to life?At birth she takes a sweet full
Colostrum it is called
Nigeria, I call Abebi
Iya, I call her forefathersAbebi did not grow like others
When a father drinks the milk,
of the child
Doesn’t the child’s belly get bigger?Abebi did not take in
Enough milk while growing,
even though, filled with milk and honey
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Nigeria End Sars: A Generation Failed
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Submit Today for The cfwriterz Dec 2020, Literary Prize.
It's that time of the year again! We welcome submissions from African writers to the December 2020 Collins Elesiro Prize. Entrants may submit up to 1 previously unpublished poem, and up to 3,000 words for fiction and non-fiction. We believe in freedom of thought and...
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The Shallow Tales Review literary magazine (announcement for upcoming issue 29 | September 2020 edition)
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Chukwu Emmanuel's My Reflection Comes With The Innocence Of An April Rain was shortlisted for June 2020 Collins Elesiro Literary Prize. There are a thousand things to say about childhood. This thing of frenzy is vulnerablelike glass. What I am saying is a language...
A Case For Prizes (pt 2): Brunel Poetry Prize
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Recommended Writing Contests in 2020
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There’s a Hidden Blessing
I had just stepped out of my compound that morning when this beautiful metallic grey jeep drove past. A woman was driving. She had her kids in the back. At that time, l was crazy about jeeps, especially when it was a woman behind the wheels. I have always wanted to...