Poets Talk: 5 Questions with Uche Nduka
Nigerian poet, Uche Nduka Konya Shamsrumi: What is the process of writing a poem like for you? Is it a lot of hard work or easy? Uche Nduka: The process […]
Black Poets: Keorapetse Kgositsile
2014/09/17. Professor Keorapetse William Kgositsile during the Poetry Reading hosted by department of Arts and culture held at National library in Pretoria on the 16th of September 2014. Picture: Tshepo […]
Poets Talk: 5 Questions with Janneth Mornan-Green
Jamaican poet, Janneth Mornan-Green Konya Shamsrumi: What is the process of writing a poem like for you? Is it a lot of hard work or easy? Janneth Mornan-Green: Someone once […]
Black Poets: Marion Bethel
Marion Bethel Marion Bethel, lawyer and poet, was born in the Bahamas in 1953. Her first collection of poems, Guanahani, My Love, was published in 1995 and won the Casa […]
Poets Talk: 5 Questions with Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike
Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike has written extensively under the pen name Uche Peter Umez. Photo of Uche Peter Umez by Fabio Bracarda – Civitella, Italy. Konya Shamsrumi: What is the process […]
Black Poets: Wole Soyinka
Wole Soyinka Wole Soyinka was born near Abeokuta in 1934. A Nigerian playwright, poet, novelist, and professor, his writing draw heavily on African culture and myth as well as Western […]
Anena, Ojaide and Gbadamosi for $20,000 Soyinka Poetry Prize
Ugandan poet, Harriet Anena The 2018 shortlist for the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature has been announced by the Lumina Foundation. On the shortlist of three is a Ugandan poet, […]
GAB Opens at Thought Pyramid Art Centre in Lagos
REZthaPoet and ChocolateOnAir Curates GAB at Though Pyramid Art Centre Lagos Griots and Bards, GAB, a monthly village square of Spokenword poetry, visual arts, other forms of arts expression and […]
Poets Talk: 5 Questions with Harriet Anena
Konya Shamsrumi: What is the process of writing a poem like for you? Is it a lot of hard work or easy? Harriet Anena: My writing process is thoroughly random […]
Poets Talk: 5 Questions with Abigail George
Abigail George Konya Shamsrumi: What is the process of writing a poem like for you? Is it a lot of hard work or easy? Abigail George: Writing is never easy […]