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NIGERIA
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Chris Abani
(Nigeria, 1966)
Toyin Adewale
(Nigeria, 1969)
Toyin Adewale was born in Ibadan, Nigeria, also the birthplace of Nobel laureate Wole …
Odia Ofeimun
(Nigeria, 1950)
Odia Ofeimun, poet, polemicist and polymath was born in Iruekpen-Ekuma, Edo State, …
Ben Okri
(Nigeria, 1959)
Ben Okri is a natural talent. In 1980 he left Nigeria for London, where for years he …
POEM
IN THE ABSENCE OF VISION!
The earth starts to vomit skeletons long buried, Once swallowed by time, As politics …
POEM
THE RETURNEES
Early December sees parts of South Africa homing, relocating northwards to …
POEM
THE REDUCTION
Across the service road, block-faced tractors carve fields into narrow ridged lanes. …
POEM
FLAG AND FUTURE
They declared black the colour of my people, the Luo and the Taita and every shade …
POEM
A DANCER’S CHALLENGE
Figure of vigour, vibrating in every fibre Fiery fusion of finesse and vim Fast as …
POEM
MIRACLE
I wished for miracles when I was young – like Thomas, who saw the …
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