Tag: Nigerian poetry

Reviews

Singing Through Grief, Grieving Through Song

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 25, 2026
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Now I Sing God into Stones (cover); Oko Owi Ocho (Author's photohgraph by LuperWright Aluga)

by Izang Alexander Haruna

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Interviews

O-Jeremiah Agbaakin: Meaningful Art Carries the Risk of Sounding Obscure

Post author By Afapinen
Post date December 31, 2024

Photo: Carolina Porras Monroy

by Njoku Nonso

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Reviews

Dami Ajayi’s Clinical Blues as a Music of Two Centuries

Post author By Afapinen
Post date October 28, 2024

Clinical Blues cover (WriteHouse) / Dami Ajayi (Courtesy of the author); Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Oko Owi Ocho

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The Medical Style of Chisom Okafor

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 16, 2024

The poet Chisom Okafor

by Eniolá Abdulroqeeb Arówólò

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The Decline of Love Poetry: Reading Chukwudera’s Painter of Love

Post author By Afapinen
Post date April 2, 2024

Illustration by Orndir Fanen

by Ancci

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Poetry

Dysphasia

Post author By Afapinen
Post date March 7, 2024

IMAGE: Stone Landing by Carl Terver

by Umar Yogiza Jr

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A Canvas for Pain: Boloere Seibidor

Post author By Afapinen
Post date March 3, 2024

PHOTO: Boloere Seibidor (INSTAGRAM)

by Lyambee Aorabee

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Reviews

What Anguish, What Vigilance?

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date November 1, 2023

PHOTO: Richard Ali (Facebook)

by Carl Terver

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Essays

O, Griefa

Post author By Carl Terver
Post date July 21, 2023

PHOTO: damecampellart via Iwaria

by Carl Terver

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The Presentness of the Past: Carl Terver’s Poetic Necessitation of Memory in For Girl at Rubicon

Post author By Afapinen
Post date June 25, 2023

CREDIT: Carl Terver

by Ancci

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