Tag: African Poetry
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All You Need to know about ALITFEST20 Poetry Grand Slam Competition
The Abuja Literary and Arts Festival 2020 is back again and organized under the Abuja Literary Society. However, due to Covid-19, the festival’s famous poetry slam will be hosted online this year following the safety guidelines. Only poets who have been finalists in other Slam competitions are eligible to apply. Former ALITFEST Grand Slam winners […]
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Nigerian Poetry and How I’ve Learned to be A Better Person
For starters, it is crucial to introduce Dike Chukwumerijie for those who are not familiar with the name. He is one of Nigeria’s leading performance poet and the founder and creative director of NSW (Night of the Spoken Word) Simply Poetry which uniquely uses performance poetry; interacting with a live audience. NSW debuted in 2013 […]
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A Writer’s Safe Space at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Home is and will continue to be important in the lives of people. The definition of home has always varied. Primarily, it is where you live with people you call family, who share the same lineage and blood as you. The meaning of the term family is quite simple; it is people you love and […]
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Belief
We talk about finding beauty in the mundane, but also about whether or not we can afford to write about the little things while a fire rages in our backyard, burning things like gender equality, religious tolerance, and peace. There has been the age-long argument on whether as writers, we can afford to listen to […]