SEVHAGE is thrilled to announce the publication of A Woman’s Studio, the debut poetry chapbook by [Folake] Moremi Akano, a dynamic writer, cultural producer, and media creative whose work bridges the worlds of literature, performance, and broadcast storytelling.

A Woman’s Studio is a poetic tribute to the resilience, creativity, and everyday brilliance of women who build legacies from life’s simplest materials. Through vivid portraits of market women, artisans, and dreamers, Akano crafts a collection that honours the unpolished yet powerful spaces where women turn struggle into strength and ordinary moments into lasting impact.

Award-winning poet and scholar, Servio Gbadamosi has hailed the book as “a brilliant poetic tribute to the spaces women occupy and transform with power and grace.” The collection has also received critical acclaim from Professor Hyginus Ekwuazi, one of Africa’s most distinguished literary and media scholars, who describes Akano’s works as “acts of curation, of preservation, of witnessing… resisting easy categorisation.”

Beyond the page, Folake Moremi Akano is the creator, host, and producer of celebrated programmes such as Business Savvy with Moremi, Ladies Talking Business, and Street Smart Women, which have reached millions of viewers across Africa and beyond. Her literary and broadcast practice is unified by a commitment to amplifying women’s voices, challenging cultural silences, and reimagining storytelling as a tool for empowerment.

With A Woman’s Studio, SEVHAGE affirms its dedication to publishing bold, original, and socially resonant writing from Africa and the diaspora. This chapbook is both a literary offering and a cultural archive — one that will speak to readers across generations and geographies.

Copies of A Woman’s Studio are available via https://selar.com/cx8y5513e2 and leading Nigerian bookshops.