AN ENDURING HANDSHAKE: A TRIBUTE TO THE IMMORTAL WOLE SOYINKA AT 90By TheLagosianMagazineJuly 13, 2024 By Sola Ojewusi In 1986, I had the privilege of meeting Professor Wole Soyinka just outside the Obafemi Awolowo University…
WHAT GOES AROUNDBy TheLagosianMagazineJune 13, 2021 By Temitope Adefolaju What the sun beholdsShe lashes out in tearsWhat the earth withholdsShe bears as taresWith every seed she…
THE SMALLEST FLAPBy TheLagosianMagazineJune 13, 2021 By Mary Odunola Okwudiba Well built and huge as rock is manBody fortified with strengthBrain with inventionsBorn to explore the…
LIBERTY IN A CAGEBy TheLagosianMagazineApril 26, 2021 By Temitope Adefolaju Soberly, liberty begat our realityIn reality, the supposed unity standsOnly as a fantasy, speaking franklyOh! How they…
THE WRINKLED COINBy TheLagosianMagazineJanuary 21, 2021 By Temitope Adefolaju Coined from the ripples of the ocean wavesFast current charges the heart with fearNature traveling in her…
SPICES OF LIFEBy TheLagosianMagazineJanuary 13, 2021 By Mary Odunola Okwudiba Help!Downcasts with smiles you lift aboveShow them concern and love to liveWhat’s it your heart desires…
The Sixth SenseBy TheLagosianMagazineDecember 2, 2020 By Opeyemi Salami My body is designed with pores, cavities and openingsThat tell me the story of the worldAnd teach…
FLY SO HIGHBy TheLagosianMagazineDecember 1, 2020 By Mary Odunola Okwudiba. There it is on a sunny dayCountless miles above the greenA dark spot amidst the blueOther…
LESS HASTE, MORE SPEEDBy TheLagosianMagazineNovember 5, 2020 By Mary Odunola Okwudiba The delight of the sunIs to work at her paceFor she’s got for her workTo provide…
PROF JP CLARK DIED AN INTELLECTUAL COLOSSUS – OMO-AGEGEBy TheLagosianMagazineOctober 13, 2020 Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has described Renown poet and Emeritus Professor of Literature, Professor John Pepper Clark-Bekederemo as…
