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Adedayo Agarau
Adedayo Agarau is Nigerian poet, essayist and art administrator. Agarau is a member of the UnSerious Collective. He is the editor-in-chief of '' Agbowo'', an African literary magazine. He was a founding editor at IceFloe Press, Canada as the New International Voices editor and African Chapbook Acquisition manager. Agarau curated and edited ''Memento: An Anthology of Contemporary Nigerian Poetry.'' Adedayo is a Cave Canem Fellow and a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University '25. He writes so well. Work Agarau is the author of three poetry chapbooks: ''For Boys Who Went'', 2016, ''The Origin of Name'' which was selected for a chapbook box edited by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani in 2020, and ''The Arrival of Rain'', published in 2020 by Vegetarian Alcoholic Press. His writing is leading conversations on the possibilities of a wave of the new generation Nigerian writers and have attracted wide review from magazines like ''Open Country'', ''YesPoetry'', and ''AfroCritik''. Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poetry Society Of America
Poetry (from the Greek word '' poiesis'', "making") is a form of literary art that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, literal or surface-level meanings. Any particular instance of poetry is called a poem and is written by a poet. Poets use a variety of techniques called poetic devices, such as assonance, alliteration, euphony and cacophony, onomatopoeia, rhythm (via metre), and sound symbolism, to produce musical or other artistic effects. They also frequently organize these effects into poetic structures, which may be strict or loose, conventional or invented by the poet. Poetic structures vary dramatically by language and cultural convention, but they often use rhythmic metre (patterns of syllable stress or syllable (mora) weight). They may also use repeating patterns of phonemes, phoneme groups, tones (phonemic pitch shifts found in tonal languages), words, or entire phrases. These inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigerian Editors
Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was derived from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British journalist Flora Shaw, who later married Baron Frederick Lugard, a British colonial administrator. Nigeria is composed of various ethnic groups and cultures and the term Nigerian refers to a citizenship-based civic nationality. Nigerians are derived from over 250 ethno-linguistic groups.Toyin Falola. ''Culture and Customs of Nigeria''. Westport, Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Press, 2001. p. 4. Though there are multiple ethnic groups in Nigeria, economic factors result in significant mobility of Nigerians of multiple ethnic and religious backgrounds to reside in territories in Nigeria that are outside their ethnic or religious background, resulting in the mixing of the various ethnic and religious groups, especially in Nigeria's cities.Toyin Fal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brunel University African Poetry Prize
The Brunel International African Poetry Prize is a literary award aimed at the "development, celebration and promotion of poetry from Africa." The prize is sponsored by Brunel University and Bernardine Evaristo. In the past it has been partnered by Commonwealth Writers and the African Poetry Book Fund USA. It comes with a £3,000 honorarium. It is aimed at unpublished poets with a manuscript of ten poems. The prize was founded by British-Nigerian writer Bernardine Evaristo in part to help introduce African poets to readers outside of Africa, saying: "It became clear to me that poetry from the continent could also do with a prize to draw attention to it and to encourage a new generation of poets who might one day become an international presence." She has managed the prize since 2011. Winners *2013: Warsan Shire (Somali–British) *2014: Liyou Libsekal (Ethiopia) *2015: Safia Elhillo (Sudan) and Nick Makoha (Uganda) joint-winners *2016: Gbenga Adesina (Nigeria) and Chekwube Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Splash FM (Nigeria)
Splash FM (105.5 MHz) is a radio station in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The station broadcasts a full-service format with local news, talk programmes and music. It is owned by West Midlands Communications Limited. History The station was founded by Chief Adebayo Muritala Akande, the "Agbaakin Olubadan of Ibadan Land", and began broadcasting on 22 March 2007. It was the first independent radio station in the city of Ibadan. The station's main objective is to bridge the gap between the existing station and the populace in Ibadan by fulfilling the major responsibilities of broadcasting, entertainment and public enlightenment. In view of this, it was rebranded the "Integrity Station" or "Radio Omoluabi" in Yoruba on 25 August 2008 by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) is a Nigerian agency that was inaugurated on 29 September 2000 following the recommendation of President Olusegun Obasa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isele Magazine
''Isele Magazine'' is a literary magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, interviews, and book reviews. History ''Isele Magazine'' was founded in July 2020 by Nigerian novelist Ukamaka Olisakwe. In an interview with ''Open Country Mag'', she explained that the magazine is a tribute to late grandmother, alias 'Isele Nwanyi', who was a dancer and a performance poet. The magazine published its first issue in July 2020 and made a call for submissions, inviting "writers and artists who hold a mirror to our society, who challenge conventional expectations about ways of being, how to be, and who decides who should be." In October 2021, the magazine published a call for ''The Woman Issue'', seeking submissions that "subvert the tropes and narratives associated with and definitive of womanhood." References {{Nigerian magazines Online literary magazines Magazines established in 2020 Online magazines published in Nigeria 2020 establishments in Nigeria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lolwe
''Lolwe'' is an online magazine that publishes fiction, literary criticism, personal essays, photography, and poetry. History ''Lolwe'' was founded in January 2020 by Kenyan writer and editor Troy Onyango. According to the website the origin of the name is, "''Lolwe:'' From ''Nam Lolwe,'' the original or traditional Luo name for Lake Victoria meaning 'endless lake/water body'. Therefore, ''Lolwe'' meaning ''endless,'' meaning having or seeming to have no end or limit'."'' The publication made a call out for submissions for its inaugural issue for work that is "bold, different, and blurs or pushes boundaries." In an interview, the founder revealed that the magazine was inspired by literary magazines like ''Saraba Magazine, Chimurenga, Bakwa'', and ''Kwani?''. This publication accepts submissions by Black authors (African, Caribbean and in the Diaspora)."Who can submit: Black (African, Caribbean, Diaspora) artists." https://web.archive.org/web/20220122212737/https://lolwe.org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
