Austyn Njoku
Austyn Njoku studied French Language and Literature at the University of Port Harcourt. A poet and short story writer, Njoku?s poems have been published in recent anthologies like Passport to the New World (edited by Sunny Ayewanu in collaboration with The Nigerian Commission for UNESCO) and the International Library of Poetry anthologies. More of his poems have been published in Nigerian national newspapers and magazines and put to Baroque music in THE SOUND OF POETRY. His first collection, I?ve Been A Crew, got an Honourable Mention in the Cadbury Association of Nigeria Authors (ANA) Poetry Competition. His second, Scents Of Dawn, is being published. A staff of Nigeria Airways, Njoku is also the Treasurer of ANA, Lagos chapter.
Entries by this Author
The Foxhole
- By Austyn Njoku
- Published March 22, 2011
- Features
- Unrated
Today, The Foxhole which has already been graced by literary greats such as J.P. Clark Bekeredemo, Odia Ofeimun; renowned writers Akachi Adimora Ezeigbo, Toni Kan and the recent author of the ant eaters, Kufre Ekanem, is a pleasant reality. Omo Uwaifo, a late and worthy entrant into the Nigerian literary geography, unlike many accomplished, even institutionalized writers, is giving back to society...February 13 - A Poem by Austyn Njoku
- By Austyn Njoku
- Published March 17, 2008
- Poetry
- Unrated
I prefer you in my dreamThe dream I've hugged
For seasons with my soul...
Auchi - Poems by Austyn Njoku
- By Austyn Njoku
- Published May 6, 2007
- Poetry
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"Do not leave for Fugahtonight, your eyes sleepy
like distant stars in dewy
skies, your hearty laughter
E B E R E O N W U!
- By Austyn Njoku
- Published May 4, 2007
- Profiles & Interviews
- Unrated
As I write this painful piece, his mangled body lies in the mortuary at the General hospital, Ikeja, Lagos. This is so sad, more so because his beloved mother's corpse also lies in a mortuary, in some hospital somewhere in Imo State...