Konya Shamsrumi Announces Tafirenyika, Anena, Grieder, Gatawa and Sabuke as Columnists
We at Konya Shamsrumi are excited to announce that five new columnist-bloggers are joining us from four different countries. Our new columnist-bloggers are Tinashe Tafirenyika from Zimbabwe, who is the […]
Weekly Trust: Fear is the greatest threat to art – Sidi
By Nathaniel Bivan | Published Date Mar 8, 2019 22:44 PM Bookshelf: Your latest collection of poetry is titled ‘The Poet of Dust’. Why dust? Umar Sidi: Recently, a dear friend of mine attributed […]
Poets Talk: 5 Questions with Nehal El-Hadi
Konya Shamsrumi: What is the process of writing a poem like for you? Is it a lot of hard work or easy? Nehal El-Hadi: Some poems come easy, some poems […]
Black Poets: Mutabaruka
Mutabaruka is a Rastafari dub poet born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1952. Active since the 1970’s, Mutabaruka, he is also a recording artist whose work is highly metafictive, referencing regularly […]
Jos-based poet, Lardo, set to release “I Am Your Therapist” Audio
Poet’s Bio: LARDO is a student of the University of Jos, studying History and International Studies. She is a spoken word artist, poet and writer based in Jos and was the winner […]
Poets Talk: 5 Questions with Dike Chukwumerije
Konya Shamsrumi: What is the process of writing a poem like for you? Is it a lot of hard work or easy? Dike Chukwumerije: It is easy when it is […]
Black Poets: Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks was an African-American poet born in Kansas.Her work evoked the Black experience in the United States and she won aPulitzer Prize in in 1950. She was the State […]
Black Poets: Kofi Anyidoho
Kofi Anyidoho is a Ghanian poet born in 1947 at Wheta in the Volta Region. He hails from a family of Ewe oral poets and is presently a professor at […]
[Open Call] SynCity Anthology to be Judged by Mukoma Ngugi and Leye Adenle
Popular Nigeria-based literary blog, SynCityNG, has an open call for short stories to celebrate its first year anniversary. It is seeking to “celebrate stories by African writers, stories that move […]
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