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In our latest publication, review editor @kayodeayobamii critically reads Unbound, an anthology of Nigerian poets under 40, edited by Chibueze Darlington Anuonye & Nduka Otiono (@narrativelscape, 2025).

Káyọ̀dé traces Nigerian digital poetry from private utterance to public inheritance while questioning its generational boundaries. “The anthology’s four-part structure, moving from Reflection through Confession and Writing the Nation to Performance Poetry, quietly enacts the same argument,” Káyọ̀dé notes. “It is a movement from private interior utterance toward embodied, public voice, mirroring the poets’ own passage from timeline to page.”

Visit the link in bio to read the full review.

#unbound #nigerianpoetry #poetryanthology #bookreview #poetrycommunity

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Khalil Gibran says "Work is love made visible."

I hold every glimpse of recognition with astute tenderness. They remind me that indeed, the quiet work is never really quiet, that every line is a little act of love, of duty, of faith.

They remind me that talent is insignificant, but discipline, skill, love, luck, but most of all, according to endurance.

I remain grateful for this gift, the process, the waiting, the community, the culture.

Onwards & upwards.
Nnamdi Ndiolo. ❤️

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In this conversation between @kayodeayobamii and @michael_imossan, they discuss Imossan’s APBF chapbook “The Smell of Absence,” writing communities, and the possible outcomes of embracing writing as self-expression.

“The most difficult thing to do as a writer is to strip oneself naked before the world, to lay bare one’s fears, origin, desires and aches,” Imossan reflects but goes on to say that it is in confronting the self does he “examine where the wound bleeds to put a balm on it — thus arriving at healing, empathy and beauty.”

Read the full conversation here: https://bookoclock.medium.com/interrogating-the-smell-of-absence-with-michael-imossan-557c0b01fd32 (link in bio)

#kuminamoja #michaelimossan #africanpoetry #interview #thesmellofabsence

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For our first post this year, we are excited to share the recently published conversation between @kayodeayobamii and Leana Debra Ranko. They discuss Leano's chapbook, Little Bird Say Your Prayers—a collection she describes as “a lament and a ledger — of absence, hunger, violence, and reckoning” — her writing journey, the literary scene in southern Africa, African poetry as a whole, and the weight of representation.

“This [writing], what we are doing, can never be undone“, she says, inviting fellow African writers to carry honesty in the stories they tell of themselves and of their places.

This conversation is part of the Book O’Clock x APBF interview series featuring dialogues with the ten poets in the 2025 #KumiNaMoja chapbook boxset. Check out previous conversations on @booko_clock.

Read this here: https://bookoclock.medium.com/little-bird-say-your-prayers-a-conversation-with-leano-debra-ranko-5ea86fac926b (link in bio).

#apbf #literaryjournalism #bookoclock #africanpoetry

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Nigerian poets @kayodeayobamii x @panini_500bc discuss artistic visibility, grief (its language and intersections), and Abdulkareem’s Loss Is A Door in this instalment of the Book O’Clock x African Poetry Book Fund interview series.

“Grief is a damned thing; it’s like a wound from a claw that never leaves the lushness of the mind. The pain pulls you back each time,” Abdulkhareem reflects.

Read the whole conversation here: https://bookoclock.medium.com/walking-through-loss-as-a-door-with-abdulkareem-abdulkareem-1ba9e72494be. (link in bio)

#africanpoetry #literaryjournalism #abdulkahreemabdulkahreem #poetrycommunity #bookoclock

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In this instalment of the Book O’Clock x @africanpoetrybookfund interview series, Nigerian poets @timixsanni and @kayodeayobamii discuss rejection, African poetry and Sanni's debut chapbook, The Ordinary Affair Of Being Human.

“Modern African poetry, currently, is strongly represented by Nigeria, and there is a need for a wider representation that captures the full spectrum of African cultures, histories, and social realities”, Sanni argues.

Read the full conversation here: https://bookoclock.medium.com/poking-the-ordinary-affair-of-being-human-a-conversation-with-timi-sanni-bc6600029315 (link in bio).

#africanpoetry #literaryjournalism #timisanni #poetrycommunity #bookoclock

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“I believe the voices of women are needed more in the Nigerian poetry space,” Hauwa Saleh Abubakar (@ibreathemagic_ ) advocates in our latest conversation in the Book O’Clock x APBF Interview Series.

Hauwa is one of the ten African poets featured in the Kumi Na Moja @africanpoetrybookfund APBF Chapbook Box Set. Her collection, Undone is a personal and evocative exploration of grief. In this conversation led by @kayodeayobamii, she describes the writing as a purge and as well as an anchor.

Read in full here: https://bookoclock.medium.com/an-undone-conversation-with-hauwa-saleh-abubabkar-2204f449646b (link in bio)

#bookoclock #literaryjournalism #undone #hauwasaleh #africanpoetry #poetry #apbf #literature #chapbook

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In our latest on the @bookclockreview x @africanpoetrybookfund Interview series, @KayodeAyobamii chats with @deemiearia about her chapbook, Humans for Sale, which is included in the Kumi Na Moja APBF 2025 Box Set.

Humans for Sale explores the harsh realities of trafficking and the strength of survivors.

Read here:
https://bookoclock.medium.com/humans-for-sale-a-conversation-with-aria-deemie-59145973395f (link in bio)

#africanpoetrybookfund #poetry #africanpoetry #humansforsale #literature #africanliterature #literaryjournalism #conversations

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In our latest on @bookclockreview, @kayodeayobamii engages poets in the 2025 #KumiNaMoja @africanpoetrybookfund Chapbook Series.

Read the first of the conversations, here, with @dynamic_rahmah. They discuss her chapbook, Ashes, the themes she explores, the writing/collation process and much more.

Visit the link in bio to read.

#bookoclock #literaryjournalism #poetry #ashes #africanpoetrybookfund #rahmajimoh

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Ayobami Kayode is a Nigerian and an African literature enthusiast, interested in Academics and Yorùbá translation. His works have been published or forthcoming in icefloepress, Olongo, Àtẹ́lẹwọ́, PoetrySangoỌta, isele, Ake review, South Florida, Topography, PoetrycolumnNd and elsewhere. He was shortlisted for the ake climate change poetry prize(2022).

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Ayobami Kayode is a Nigerian and an African literature enthusiast, interested in Academics and Yorùbá translation. His works have been published or forthcoming in icefloepress, Olongo, Àtẹ́lẹwọ́, PoetrySangoỌta, isele, Ake review, South Florida, Topography, PoetrycolumnNd and elsewhere. He was shortlisted for the ake climate change poetry prize(2022).

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Hey everyone! The first day of SOBAFest25 was a huge success! We had some amazing conversations and learned so much. What was your favorite part? We've got a sneak peek of the day right here. Can’t wait for day two!

#SOBAFest25 #SokotoBookAndArtsFestival #BookChat #CreativeWriting #BookFestival #NigerianAuthors #Literature

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