New month means a new poet of the month! 🎉 We are ecstatic to announce Kenyan Poet, Naomi Nduta Waweru (Pre-order my dying brain. )as our featured New Poet of the month. Learn more here: 👇🏾 2035africa.org/new-poets/naom…

Had a group talk with pamilerin jacob sometimes ago about us needing to establish or develop existing communities for Nigerian literature. They say it starts with simple steps, so here goes...

Been thinking of it a while; I'm working on creating an online literary magazine for Yoruba translations of past & contemporary Nigerian poetry, original publications of Yoruba poems and chapbooks. To do this, I'm looking for anyone looking to collaborate either as...

a translator(3-5), social media manager, PRO, graphic designer and website developer. Volunteers for now, say hi in DM. And also sponsors in any way towards this. More deets soon. Thanks.

Pleased to announce that I just recently won the African Human Rights Inter-university Essay Competition. Thanks to IHRAF Publishes for putting out contests like this.

It's Pacella!🌻🌻

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This week marks this start of my first semester as a MFA in Creative Writing student at the absolutely wonderful Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Grateful to the amazing people who were willing to write astonishing letters of recommendation for my sake. Go Salukis! ❤

United Nations Academic Impact and MCN presents the #MillenniumFellowship to elevate undergraduate leaders creating social impact - I am honored to be selected as a Class of 2025 Millennium Fellow! See more: millenniumfellows.org

GOLD IN THE STILLNESS… Styling: style_by_habibi Photography: Tosin Babarinde

My poem, "Let Me Be a Boy, Not a Threat," was recently published on ONLY POEMS. Thanks to the editorial team. I hope this poem stays as a prayer for you. onlypoemsdaily.com/p/let-me-be-a-…

Every great gathering begins with a spark, and ours is already on fire. Our opening acts don’t just warm up the stage, they set it ablaze. With music, poetry, and presence, they light the way to Invocations of the Word.

will be reading Osundare poems I love tomorrow... do come around! 😁

Be there!!🌻

That took me way too long to understand.

The poem never tastes the same when the process is discovered.

Femi Osofisan with children of the soil!🌻

Children of the Soil with Niyi Osundare!🌻

Prof. Niyi Osundare with "Children of the Soil" and the author Orchestra of thoughts 💥✌️ Cheers 🥂

My winning poem in the Garden Party Collective Neurodivergent Poetry Contest, "Interview with a Neurodivergent Body," has been nominated for the Best of the Net, 2026. Thanks to the judges and the editorial team.