Archives Tag: Nigerian Poets
The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2016 to Hold In October
April 19, 2022
JUST before the month of October runs out, poetry enthusiasts will bring an artistic kind of energy and buzz to the city of Lagos, as the Lagos International Poetry Festival takes center stage. The event, which was first held last year, has become one of the major highlights of the year for arts and culture … Continue reading The Lagos International Poetry Festival 2016 to Hold In October
Poem: If Only I Must Sing
April 19, 2022
If only I must sing as poets have, Where shall my inspiration cometh from, Would nature be my nurture? Oh! If only I must sing… If only I must sing as poets have, Would my words be a key for Pandora’s box, Or create a clearer reasoning in flux. When I desire to pen my … Continue reading Poem: If Only I Must Sing
By guestwriter
Wole Soyinka is 81! Happy Birthday Sir
April 19, 2022
Akinwande Oluwole Babatunde Soyinka is 81! He turned 81 yesterday, 13 June, 2015 and the Connect Nigeria team won’t let one more day go by without celebrating a great Nigerian Playwright, Author, Poet, Political activist as well as the only Nigerian and the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. An advocate … Continue reading Wole Soyinka is 81! Happy Birthday Sir
By mary-odunuga
Winners Emerge From the Eko Literary Society Poetry Slam
April 19, 2022
In commemoration of the one year anniversary of the Eko Literary Society in Lagos, the Eko Poetry Slam took place on Saturday November 22nd, 2014. Spoken Word has been on the rise with weekly open mic events such as those at Bogobiri and Freedom Hall, taking place around Lagos. Poets gathered from all around Nigeria … Continue reading Winners Emerge From the Eko Literary Society Poetry Slam
By elizabeth
