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This is a list of notable poets from Nigeria This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Niyi Osundare is a Nigerian poet, dramatist, linguist, and literary critic. Born on 12 March 1947, in Ikere-Ekiti, [1] Nigeria, his poetry is influenced by the oral poetry of his Yoruba culture, which he hybridizes with other poetic traditions of the world, including African-American, Latin American, Asian, and European.
Ijeoma Umebinyuo is a Nigerian poet. She is considered one of Sub-Saharan Africa's best modern poets. [1] Her short stories and poems have appeared in publications such as The Stockholm Review of Literature, [2] The Rising Phoenix Review [3] and The MacGuffin. Her TEDx talk was called "Dismantling The Culture of Silence". [1]
In 2006, his poem was shortlisted and published in the anthology titled ‘Camouflage: Best Contemporary Writings In Nigeria.’ [8] His renowned poem titled “Law” was published in 2011 in the Nation Newspaper, [9] and that same year he featured online as one of the 742 United Nations Peace Poets. [10] His poem titled "Another Verse for ...
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Nkem Nwankwo (1936–2001), novelist, poet; Flora Nwapa (1931–1993), novelist; Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (born 1976), novelist, humorist, essayist and journalist; Onuora Nzekwu (1928–2017) Onyeka Nwelue (born 1988) Chuma Nwokolo (born 1963), writer, poet, humorist, essayist and lawyer; Abdul Rasheed Na'Allah (born 1962), writer, poet, scholar ...
Christopher Ifekandu Okigbo (16 August 1932 – 1967) was a Nigerian poet, teacher, and librarian, who died fighting for the independence of Biafra.He is today widely acknowledged as an outstanding postcolonial English-language African poet and one of the major modernist writers of the 20th century.
Lagos Poetry Festival Efe Paul Azino born in Lagos is a Nigerian writer, performance artist and poet, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] regarded "as one of Nigeria's leading performance poets." [ 3 ] He has also been regarded as one who has "played a pivotal part in lifting the words from the page and giving them life" in the Nigerian spoken word performance space.