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Shock-prise as younger poets rule shortlist of $100.000 Nigeria Prize for Literature
Akeem Lasisi The shortlist of the Nigeria Prize for Literature is out…
Nigeria Prize for Literature: Nominees discuss where poetry fits as shortlist emerges on Friday
Akeem Lasisi Most of the 11 poets on the longlist of the…
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GRAMMAR TEST 1. The higher you go, the … it becomes. (a)…
Something is Really Happening: Love poems in Akeem Lasisi’s ADA, ADA
Something is Really Happening Something is really happening When a bluebird begins…
Your blessing I seek before I move into my husband’s house
Òkóńkòkó, daughter of destiny, I lured the moon to Osogbo Dressed in…
Ìyá mi, ìyá mi (Ekun Iyawo)
Òkóńkòkó ni mí o Tí mo kósùpá r’Òṣogbo Tí mo w’ẹ̀wù oyè…
KAKAWA: A poem in celebration of iconic Nigeria’s newspapers arena in Lagos
KAKAWA By Akeem Lasisi To inform is to empower To be informed…
Opebi! (For Lagos @ 55)
OPEBI By Akeem Lasisi Your fame smells sweet Your name rings a…
A SONG FOR LAGOS (For Lagos at 55), by Akeem Lasisi
A Song for Lagos -Akeem Lasisi I have been with Lagos since…
LONDON PEN, a poem by Akeem Lasisi
LONDON PEN (For Ugonnaya) When you offered me the London pen You…