Gift Emmanuel Olaleye is a writer whose thoughtful poems cut across boundaries, published or forthcoming in Cultural Reverence, Words Rhymes & Rhythms, Spill words and elsewhere. Olaleye’s literary accolades include the 2015 ‘Noble Pen Award’ by Doveslines Publication House and the ‘Poet of the Year 2021’ by Eternal Flames. He was also long-listed for the 2020 ‘African Writers Award 2020’.
Meet our Poet Laureate winner – Udo
UDO is a Nigerian pseudonymous Artist and writer. He was born and raised at Umualikpa Village II in Isiala Mbano, Imo State, the oldest of 5 sisters and 1 brother. He has lived in various parts of the world, and now resides at Bangalore, India, practicing peace, passion and football as a lifestyle.
Creatives struggling with imposter syndrome, also known as perceived fraud often would have one or more of these underlying reasons why they believe that they are not worth the hype. The reasons include but are not limited to:
For the purpose of this article, the responsibilities of balancing being creative and having a regular job would be explored. Even though it is often agreed that finding any form of balance would always be a lifelong process of learning, relearning and unlearning, there are ways we can ensure more productivity and less burnout as a ‘working creative’.
Realms – an otherworld dominated by the practice of sorcery or witchcraft; the use of spells to control, influence and manipulate real-life events. Some call it voodoo, we call it realms and others refer to it as juju but we are more interested in what YOU call it – in what it means to you. Have you experienced it before or know someone who has?
Coding is a skill that can be used by all creatives. Even if you don’t want to be a programmer yourself, coding is an incredibly useful tool for creating websites, apps and other tools that will help you sell your work.
Read our tips on how Creatives can maximise coding as a skill or to promote their creative inclinations.
The best thing about technological transformation is that it keeps opening up new ways for Creatives to get discovered.
Read this article under our #CreativeLifeBalance Series on how you can remain creative in a technology-driven world.
#tvotribe
Lucky enough to be a poet, stories seek me out, not through the avenue of plot, but that of awe (& other emotional pathways). The journey is not often predetermined, & when it is, it is still nebulous enough to elicit a sense of wandering through images, and sentences.
Creativity is a skill that can be developed. If there’s one thing we know from three years of surrounding ourselves with creatives, it’s that everyone has the potential to create something amazing!
Inkuru Series Interview: In this interview with Victoria Olajide, Wale Bailey shares his insights and creates conversation on Poetry through answers to the questions across the theme “The African Story”.