INKSPIRED POETRY ANTHOLOGY 2023 To the ones that didn’t stay. To places void of home. To walls built to shield us. The world may not understand but the paths are testaments to our belief & hope in the concept of love, irrespective of how cliché. Through the power of words…

The 2023 CORA-NPL Book Party was a convergence of literary brilliance, held on Sunday, August 6, 2023 at the prestigious Shell Hall of the MUSON Centre in Lagos, Nigeria. The event celebrated the eleven exceptional playwrights who were longlisted for the 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature (NPL), Africa’s most prestigious…

A skilled creative understands the magic of timely art. This is one thing, beyond the magnetic melody, that Ruger got right with Asiwaju. Eulogies are not new in the Nigerian music scene — more recently, with modern culture, self-adulation. Ruger’s new song sets a foot on each tread. Asiwaju is…

A poem is a city. A city is a lover. And this is how we are ushered into this collection of a hundred poems, given a tour of cities & emotions. A good poem, like every journey, is a loop — no matter the detours, it returns to its beginning. …

Supplication, as we know, is making a humble entreaty while sex is another form of seeking (ofttimes happy ending). And poets have always found semblance between sex and supplication. Maybe because of the heightened tension that accompanies both. Or the solemness of man in the power of their frenzies. Or…

(A Review of like Butterflies Scattered About by Art Rascals) AUTHOR: Umar Abubakar Sidi Publisher: Masobe (2022) Number of Pages: 96 Curation is one of the crucial skills of a collector, so, it’s no wonder that Like Butterflies Scattered About by Art Rascals opened with a poem of gathering. A…

The Forgiveness Series is a social commentary on the challenges in relationships — focused mainly on disputes & altercations & the routes to mending…or irreparable hurt. Tukur, in eight short poems wove a tale of love, heartbreak, reconciliation & rejection. The titular poem is a narrative of a man who…

Poetry has thrived, over time, on two contrasting themes: Love & Grief. They are mostly treated as two extremes but masters of the art see beyond the differences, the reality of their co-existence — what was not born cannot die! My wife got me pondering, even before I started reading…

I. My colleagues say I sit on the fence a lot. As if that is a comfortable space to be. It is generally believed to be the worst place to be, especially in this time when everyone seems to have an opinion on everything. I have learned to be comfortable…