List of Nigerian poets
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Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
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Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
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- Toyin Adewale-GabrielToyin Adewale-GabrielToyin Adewale-Gabriel was. She received he MA Lit from Obafemi Awolowo University She has also worked as literary critic in different newspapers of her country, among them The Guardian, Post Express and The Daily Times. She was cofounder and coordinator for several years of the Association of...
- Philip BeghoPhilip BeghoPhilip Begho, author of over seventy books, is an award-winning Nigerian writer . Born in Warri, Delta State on January 11, 1956 of an Itsekiri father and a mother of mixed race, he received his secondary school education at King’s College, Lagos and obtained an LLB. from the University of Lagos...
- Tubal Rabbi CainTubal Rabbi CainTubal Rabbi Cain is a Nigerian writer. He was born at Etinan, in Akwa Ibom state, within the south eastern coastal areas of Nigeria in the year 1964...
- John Pepper ClarkJohn Pepper ClarkJohn Pepper Clark-Bekederemo is a Nigerian poet and playwright who publishes under the name J.P. Clark.-Life:Born to Ijaw parents, Clark received his early education at the Native Administration School and the prestigious Government College in Ughelli, and his BA degree in English at the...
- Uche NdukaUche NdukaUche Nduka is a Nigerian poet, writer, lecturer and songwriter who was awarded the Association of Nigerian Authors Prize for Poetry in 1997. He currently lives in New York.-Life:...
- Dr. Tanure OjaideTanure OjaideTanure Ojaide is a prolific Nigerian poet and writer. He is noted for his unique stylistic vision and for his intense criticism of imperialism, religion, and other issues....
- Gabriel OkaraGabriel OkaraGabriel Imomotimi Gbaingbain Okara is a Nigerian poet and novelist who was born in Bomoundi in Bayelsa State, Nigeria. In 1979, he was awarded the Commonwealth Poetry Prize.-Writing:His most famous poem is "Piano and Drums"...
- Diego Odoh OkenyodoDiego Odoh OkenyodoOdoh Diego Okenyodo is a Nigerian writer, pharmacist, activist poet and journalist, who was one of the founders of Kaduna Writers' League, KWL. He co-edited CAMOUFLAGE: BEST OF CONTEMPORARY WRITING FROM NIGERIA, an anthology of new Nigerian writers...
- Christopher OkigboChristopher OkigboChristopher Ifekandu Okigbo was a Nigerian poet, who died fighting for the independence of Biafra. He is today widely acknowledged as the outstanding postcolonial English-language African poet and one of the major modernist writers of the twentieth century.-Early life:Okigbo was born on August...
- Olatubosun OladapoOlatubosun OladapoOlatubosun Oladapo, aka Tubosun Oladapo, and Odidere Aiyekooto b. September 1943, is a folk poet who writes, and chants on record plates in the Yoruba language, for audiences chiefly in South-West Nigeria....
- Dennis OsadebayDennis OsadebayDennis Chukude Osadebay was a Nigerian politician, poet, journalist and former premier of the now defunct Mid-Western Region of Nigeria, which now comprises Edo and Delta State...
- Okinba Launko Aka Femi OsofisanFemi OsofisanBabafemi Adeyemi Osofisan is a Nigerian writer known for his critique of societal problems and his use of African traditional performances and surrealism in some of his novels. A frequent theme his novels explore is the conflict between good and evil...
- Niyi OsundareNiyi OsundareNiyi Osundare is a prolific poet, dramatist and literary critic. He gained degrees at the University of Ibadan , the University of Leeds and York University, Canada...
- Remi RajiRemi RajiAderemi Raji-Oyelade is a Nigerian poet, writing in English. He is popularly known by his pen name, Remi Raji. A Salzburg Fellow and visiting professor and writer to a number of institutions including Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Universities of California at Riverside and Irvine,...
- Ken Saro-WiwaKen Saro-WiwaKenule "Ken" Beeson Saro Wiwa was a Nigerian author, television producer, environmental activist, and winner of the Right Livelihood Award and the Goldman Environmental Prize...
- Wole SoyinkaWole SoyinkaAkinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, where he was recognised as a man "who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence", and became the first African in Africa and...
- Uchechukwu Peter UmezurikeUchechukwu Peter UmezurikeUchechukwu Peter Umezurike is a Nigerian author. Umez's first published work of poetry, Dark through the Delta, deals with the recurring despoliation of Nigeria using the Niger Delta as its motif...
- Rems UmeasiegbuRems UmeasiegbuRems Nnayelugo Umeasiegbu is a Nigerian writer.He was born in 1943 in Aba, South eastern Nigeria. He attended College of Immaculate Conception, Enugu. In 1966, he proceeded to England for further studies. After spending a year in England , he got a scholarship to study at the Sedmnáctého...