(PHOTOS) Umar Sidi’s Book Reading at One Draw Art Gallery, Ikoyi #Lagos

Many thanks to everyone who came to the One Draw Gallery for Umar Sidi’s reading from The Poet of Dust.

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Shams e Tabriz

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Persian poet, spiritual instructor of Rumi, revered in the Diwan-i Shams-i Tabrīzī. Here, I am just a Webmaster.

Complex Metaphors and Naming: Saddiq Dzukogi and Star Zahra

Complex Metaphors and Naming features poet and Mississippi State University professor Saddiq Dzukogi in conversation with poet and fabric designer Star Zahra, whose sophomore collection, Girls and the Silhouette of Form, won the 2025 Association of Nigerian Authors/KMVL Prize for Poetry. Dzukogi was also a finalist for the ANA Prize for Poetry in 2012, 2014, and 2016. The interview was recorded in March 2025.

In The Poetry of Life | Nasiba Babale

That being said. What on God’s green earth is wrong with you? I do not understand you at all! You have caused me a lot of trouble, embarrassed me, put me in situations where only the Grace of God saved me, and made me look stupid in places where I was supposed to maintain my steeze. And if you cared to know anything about me, you would know that I take my steeze seriously.

KSR + SEVHAGE Presents A FIRE KEPT QUIET – A Northen Nigerian Poetry Anthology by Arewa Poetry Review

Star Zahra Shortlisted for ANA KMVL Poetry Prize 2025

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.

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