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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.
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Menkiti was born in Onitsha, Nigeria in 1940. [1] In 1961, he arrived in the United States to study at Pomona College, where he graduated in 1964. [1] [3] Following postgraduate study at Columbia University and New York University, Menkiti earned a PhD in philosophy from Harvard in 1974. [7] [8] His dissertation was "a study of collective ...
Amu Nnadi's poetry contain strong imageries and metaphors. His style is born from his deep love for language, and his interests in love and places, and inspiration born from the melancholy of reminiscing about life as the poet experiences it. His main interests in his poetry are love, encounters with places and people, culture and memories.
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The Eye of the Earth is a collection of poems by Niyi Osundare, published in 1986 by Heinemann Educational Books.The work was awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the African poetry book category, and the Association of Nigerian Authors' Poetry Prize in its year of publication.
On 6 December 2011, to honour the life and career of Professor John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo, a celebration was held at Lagos Motor Boat Club, Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, for the publication of J. P. Clark: A Voyage, The definitive biography of the main animating force of African poetry, written by playwright Femi Osofisan.
Maryam is an indigene of Biu, Borno State, Nigeria. She is the only daughter of Hauwa Maina , a prominent Nigerian actress. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Maryam completed her secondary education at Uncle Bado Memorial College Kaduna and later studied Information Technology at Radford University College Ghana , which is an affiliate of Kwame Nkrumah University .