poetry

Embrace the Root not the Fruit
Embrace the Root not the Fruit

“We must embrace the root over the fruit. There is no fruit without the root,…

10 Nigerian Performance Poets Who Have Made Their TEDx Debuts
10 Nigerian Performance Poets Who Have Made Their TEDx Debuts

Recently, we have seen the rise of TEDx events taking place most often in different…

POETRY: MY COUNTRY HAS GONE MAD | EHIZOJIE EGBADON
POETRY: MY COUNTRY HAS GONE MAD | EHIZOJIE EGBADON

My country has gone mad The Binis and Igbos are not the same? My country…

POETRY: SKIES CRY TOO | RACHELLE CHINAZOR NMOEMENAM
POETRY: SKIES CRY TOO | RACHELLE CHINAZOR NMOEMENAM

“I see the dazzling blue sky,
Opaque and beautiful in the eye,
Birds ready to fly,
as high as they can in the sky,
Dark clouds move quickly across the Skye, sunlight hidden by grey clouds, I hear the rain drumming already, pelting down my window,
Dazzling skies cry too.”