SEVHAGE, in partnership with Konya Shamsrumi, Arewa Poetry Review, African & Black Creatives for Development (ABC4DE) are proud to announce A Fire Kept Quiet, a landmark anthology from the Arewa Poetry Review that mostly gathers a rising generation of poets in Northern Nigeria whose works speak with courage, tenderness and craft. The collection, edited by Adulrazaq Salihu, with a foreword by S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema and Oko Owoicho, explores various themes foregrounding resilience as a shared undertone. Several contributions bend form and image, from weather and dust to mathematics and science, while keeping humanity at the centre.

The anthology features poems from Abu Bakr Sadiq, Abdulrazaq Salihu, Abdulrazaq Godwin Omeiza, Ahmad Rufa’l Umar Gani, Al Ameen Muhammad, Aliyu Umar Muhammad, Hussani Abdulrahim, Ibrahim Lawal Aliyu, Idris Sheikh Musa, Illiya Kambai Dennis, Ismail Bala, JL Maikano, Job Samuel Wetpin, Kayode Ayobami, Odu Ode, Ridwan Fasasi, Salmah Hassan Bizi, Yahaya Faza Maibasira, and Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi.

A Fire Kept Quiet is now available for free download as an eBook on Selar accessible by clicking HERE.

Title: A Fire Kept Quiet
Editor: Abdulrazaq Salihu
Group: Arewa Poetry Review
Pages: 52
Genre: Poetry
Year of Release: 2025