Abubakar Ibrahim, popularly known by the moniker “Imam of Poets”, is a Nigerian poet and visual artist from New Bussa, a “sleepy” town in Niger State, North Central Nigeria. He holds a BSc in Biology from Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.

Movement at the edge of your vision — maybe a man, maybe a shadow. You hold your breath. The darkness folds around you.

Four Poems from Girls and the Silhouette of Form | Star Zahra (Masobe Books)

Four Poems from Girls and the Silhouette of Form | Star Zahra (Masobe Books)

Four Poems from Girls and the Silhouette of Form | Star Zahra (Masobe Books)

Four Poems from Girls and the Silhouette of Form | Star Zahra (Masobe Books)

Gabriel Okara’s The Fisherman’s Invocation is not merely a collection of poems; it is a haunting voyage into the turbulent waters of memory, colonial disillusionment, and the spiritual ache of a people searching for balance between the ancestral and the modern.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the Government of the State of Israel to release South Africans and other nationals abducted as part of Israeli authorities’ interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Zahra’s literary journey began early. Her debut collection, The Dance of Dawn (2018), published when she was just seventeen, went on to be adopted as a set text at the University of Abuja and other institutions. With Girls and the Silhouette of Form, she not only expanded her poetic voice but also made history as the first female poet published by Masobe Books, the vibrant publishing house founded by Othuke Omniabohs.

I am that song you nod and hum to but still can’t sing along with, because, sometimes, it’s too deep. Yet, it flows, attracting passersby who know nothing of the sadness within.