Joseph Akinnawonu
A Review of Dami Ajayi’s Affection & Other Accidents | Joseph Akinnawonu
In what is Dami Ajayi’s third collection of poetry, Affection and Other Accidents, the title of the poem, reveals the poet to the reader–his artistry, a part of his human self, and his experiences, outlined by multiplicities of accidents. As a deviant from his former works A Woman’s Body is a Country and Clinical Blues,…
Book Review │ Tope Folarin’s A Particular Kind of Black Man │ Joseph Akinnawonu
Tope Folarin’s A Particular Kind Of Black Man is a metaphor for identity, ambition, loss, a love lost, a conflict between the past and the future, a struggle for survival, and the trajectory of the black race in a white world. The 2013 Caine Prize winning author writes a part of himself into his characters,…
3 Poems by Joseph Akinnawonu
Grief in your room,the haemorrhage puts you to your knees you bleed for all the things that will never return:your virginity, your sanity – the ones your uncle erased.your phone blinksit’s your mother calling for the umpteenth time you know all her apologies by their names but no convenience to hide your tear dropsyou lie…