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Enter Nitalks Poetry Contest

Writers/poets are invited to participate in Nitalks poetry contest. You can win the sum of N10,000 (Ten Thousand Naira) What’s more? Top 10 poems and poets will be featured on the first page of the website .http://www.nitalks.com for a week. To participate in the contest, follow the guidelines below as a contestant might be disqualified if he/she does otherwise....

New University of Iowa MOOC opens July 18!

The University Of Iowa presents their newest MOOC. Whitman’s Civil War: Writing and Imaging Death, Loss, and Disaster which will begin on July 18th! This MOOC will embark upon a journey through Walt Whitman’s writings on the American Civil War. This course will be taught by Professor Ed Folsom and Professor Christopher Merrill, longtime friends and collaborators. You are invited to experiment...

13 Writers Selected For The IBPF Mentorship/Residency Programme 2016

Thirteen (13) poets have been accepted for the first IBPF mentorship/residency programme. These writers will be paired with mentors for Six (6) weeks after which some of them, based on their performance, will move on to the next phase which is a residency in Ibadan, Oyo State. The mentorship programme offers an opportunity for established...

“I can be your poetry/But I’d rather be your rhyme”… Abigail Arunga

Sit back and enjoy this wonderful review on the 80 poem beauty titled Akello by Abigail Arunga.  Akello which was self published in the year 2014 is Abigail Arunga’s first published offering to the poetry sphere sheds light on a  journey that has just begun – and new journeys are beautiful to watch. The book...

BOOK REVIEW: Best “New” African Poets 2015 Anthology

Title: Best “New” African Poets 2015 Anthology Edited by: Tendai R. Mwanaka and Daniel da Purificacao Length: 386 pages Genre: Poetry Publisher / Year:  Langaa Research and Publishing CIG Reviewed by: Chuma Mmeka Why I’ll Read It: Truly African and told in three languages: English, French and Portuguese, the anthology consists of 214 poems, 79 poets from over 23 African...