INTRO Let me sing my widow’s mite Into the immortal thrift Of earlier brides Although I may be a thin-handed child, I have a role to play in my mother’s...
Author - Akeem Lasisi
Akeem Lasisi is known for his experimentations with oral Yoruba and English poetry. A graduate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, he won the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) and Cadbury Poetry Prize for the year 2000 with Iremoje. A well-known performance poet and journalist with The Comet Newspaper, Lasisi is also the author of Wonderland and Post Mortem.
(Midnight. A gathering of poets set to give the late Ken Saro-Wiwa passage rites. In the background is a low dirge sung to some traditional musical...
