Poetry
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From the Sahel, Verses of Hope: Poetry as Peace Praxis Lights Up Geneva Peace Week
Geneva, Switzerland held the world together in Peace. In a world wrestling with displacement, conflict, and loss, poetry found…
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Do You Know The Size Of My Country?
The size of my country Is not the stretch of soil we boast of in maps, Nor the…
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THE COST PER KILOMETER
THE COST PER KILOMETER How much per kilometer? Of the road already commissioned Imaginary …only on contract papers…
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Padi-Padi List
Padi-Padi List Where art thou, trembling hands of justice? The scales are broken, The sword is rusted, The gavel…
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Lanre Sonde’s Mellexy Trilogy Ends with “Realising Every Dream”
By Oyinkansayo Wole-Bodunde. Nigerian poet and cultural curator, Lanre Sonde is set to release the final installment of his Mellexy…
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Godson Osarenren Brings “I See Hope” to the World Stage
When you talk about Nigerian poetry that burns with fire yet soothes with softness, one name effortlessly rises to…
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In-Dependence
In-Dependence Listen, my people, I have seen the dancing in the city. I have heard the loud speeches on…
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I SEE HOPE !
I SEE HOPE ! Who will nurse my eternal wounds? Who will put a smile on my sad looking…
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Eagle, Receive Your Sight!
A POEM This eagle must begin to see, Even if its sight is dimmed in folds. For, the blaze…
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Art, Music, and the Power of the Word: Naija Poetry Fest Unites for Peace Day.
Lagos once again pulsed with creativity as Naija Poetry Fest gathered poets, storytellers, artists, and young voices for an…
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