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El Segundo · El SegundoGambian-Ghanaian-Sierra Leonean poet Kweku Abimbola has been named one of twenty-three recipients of the prestigious Academy of American Poets’ 2025 Poet Laureate Fellowship, which comes with a $50,000 award. As the Poet Laureate Fellow of El Segundo, California, Abimbola joins an exceptional cohort of poets laureate from across the United States recognized for their literary […]Read Article
Gambian-Ghanaian-Sierra Leonean Poet Kweku Abimbola Selected for Academy of American Poets' 2025 Poet Laureate Fellowship Worth $50,000

Aba, Nigeria · AbaInspired by the Aba Women’s War of 1929 From Odelia to Nnenna 4th November, 1929 Ogbor Hill, Aba Province Nnenna, They came this morning. Four white men and one of our own, sweating in a khaki uniform too tight for his foolish chest. They brought the measuring pole, the paper, and that cursed […]Read Article
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Nigeria · NigeriaThe 37th annual Lambda Literary Awards has announced its finalists. The finalists span 26 categories and demonstrate representation, with African and African diaspora writers featured across virtually every award category. African authors including Okwudili Nebeolisa and Omotara James (both Nigerians) were shortlisted in the Gay Poetry and Lesbian Poetry respectively. “This year’s shortlist represents the […]Read Article