Poet Laureate

Poet Laureate Interviews 2020: Meet Esther Mbabie

• Tell us more about you? I am a final year student at the University of Ibadan. I am also a radio presenter for both English and Pidgin programs, a content creator, a creative writer, a Spoken word artist, and a passionate volunteer. I am passionate about God and people, especially children. I am the […]

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Poet Laureate Interviews 2020: Meet Ogunkeye Tobi

• Tell us more about you? I’m a simple, quiet, and collected person; my hands and brain speak more than my mouth does. • How long have you been writing for? About 8 or 9 years now. I started with prose, now I’m basically into poetry. I am looking forward to simulating the three forms

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Poet Laureate Interviews 2020: Meet Azeeza Adeowu

• Tell us more about you?  I am a graduate of Biochemistry and I think I’m as passionate about science as I am about literature. • For how long have you been writing? I’ve been writing since my primary school days, lol. There’s a composition I wrote then that my father still makes reference to.

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Announcing Poet Laureate 2020 – The Shortlist!

Poet Laureate (since 2018) is a literary competition that seeks to compensate and endorse creativity within Africa and by Africans. With help from a roundtable number of sponsors and partners, Poet Laureate 2020 has been able to reach and receive entries from African writers within and across Africa. This year we had a very strong

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