Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar
Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar is a masters holder in Law & Diplomacy (pen name Mmaasa Masai). Chairman, Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA, Plateau chapter, as well as Ex-officio member of ANA the National level, he writes poetry, fiction, drama and essays. Married to Rahmah-Allah and blessed with a daughter Imani, his work has been published in Hints, Daily Times, Weekly Trust, Fifty Nigerian Poets, Punch, THESE! Magazine online, etc. He was a Finalist on Poetry.com in 2002 for the poem ‘’love affair’’ and subsequently published in anthology "Letters from the soul" , The Ker Review, Blackbiro online, ANA Review, amongst others. His work also appeared in the anthology CAMOUFLAGE. He is influenced by the works of Toni Kan, Helon Habila, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ben Okri, Isabel Allende, Margaret Artwood, Pablo Neruda, Maik Nwosu, Toyin-Adewale-Gabriel and David Njoku. EMAIL. Tel: 08033509447
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Love Is A Knife! – An Excerpt From A Novel By Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar
- By Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar
- Published February 2, 2008
- Fiction Bits
- Unrated
This is the Land of Origins. This, you have only dreamt of in your dreams. Amazing. The air is purpled with music of the spheres! There’s no sorrow. No pain. The breath of life is streaked with whitish blue rhythms, at best bluish silver. Here. Mother-nature squats gigantically with her big blue thighs, popping out new babies each passing second...
The Front Of The Past - A Short Story By Omale Allen Abdul Jabbar
- By Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar
- Published October 28, 2007
- Short Stories
- Unrated
He’s outside. Waiting patiently where guards wait in front of banks. This day, a grey dirty day. December. The Harmattan wind reached out a hand to scup up fine red sand and throws it in the faces of passers-by...
A Daughter's Burden: Obiageli Ibrahimat Okigbo And The Christopher Okigbo Legacy
- By Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar
- Published August 13, 2007
- Profiles & Interviews
- Unrated
Born to one of the most influential, enigmatic and symbolist African Poets of all time Christopher Okigbo, Obiageli Ibrahimat Okigbo, Architect and Artist, his soul heiress, is bestowed with the most emotional task of keeping his luminescent memory alive…
Man, Universe And Drama - An Essay By Omale Allen Abdul Jabbar
- By Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar
- Published July 26, 2007
- Essays
- Unrated
Drama is the mirror of societal control and a huge instrument of social change. It is a tool for social investigation and essential control and socialization of Man...
Carlos Izzia Ahmad: The Man And His Poetry - An Essay by Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar
- By Omale Allen Abdul-Jabbar
- Published July 16, 2007
- Essays
- Unrated
Writing about Izzia, for me, is a most difficult, difficult thing. Tears rise slowly from my ankle and journey to towards my brain like an orgasmic release...