Do you love listening to stories or would you just want a really cool place to hang out in Makurdi on the first Saturday of December? Whatever it is, you are in good company! In the spirit of the Benue Carnival that runs through the whole of December, Purple Silver and SEVHAGE Literary and Development … Continue reading
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The PEN Nigeria/Saraba Poetry Prize 2013
The PEN Nigeria/Saraba Poetry Prize 2013 shall be awarded to the writer of the winning poem selected from all poems published in Saraba in 2012. The publishers and poetry editor of Saraba have made a longlist of five poems, from which Jumoke Verissimo will make a shortlist of 3 poems. The shortlist shall be announced on Wednesday, … Continue reading
THE WORLDHOOD OF THE WORLD: THE MENACING VISION OF SU’EDDIE VERSHIMA AGEMA by Ada Agada
Combining the oral literary form with the sophisticated style bestowed on the world by the ancient Greek poets, Mr Agema has described for us a lyrical universe in BRING OUR CASKET HOME. The collection is so enjoyable that I went through the over sixty poems in about three hours. The poet deploys all the usual … Continue reading
ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN AUTHOR (ANA) ANNOUNCES 2013 LITERARY PRIZES SHORT LIST
This entry was posted on 2013/16/10, in AWARDS, BOOKS, SEVHAGE. Bookmark thepermalink. Leave a comment (Edit) The following creative works are shortlisted in alphabetical order (by titles of entries) and not necessarily in order of merit. The eventual winners will be announced at the Award Dinner of the 32nd International Convention of the Association of Nigerian Authors in Akure, … Continue reading
SONGS OF SORROW by Kofi Awoonor
Dzogbese Lisa has treated me thus It has led me among the sharps of the forest Returning is not possible And going forward is a great difficulty The affairs of this world are like the chameleon faeces Into which I have stepped When I clean it cannot go. I am on the world’s extreme corner, … Continue reading
MOTHER INSPIRES ME EVERYDAY – CATHERINE OMIRIGBE
Catherine Omirigbe is the author of the poetry collection, I Spoke with mother. In this interview with Su’eddie Vershima Agema, the fourteen year old SEVHAGE author talks a bit on her background as well as the book which is scheduled for release in the last week of September, 2013. Excerpts: Briefly, can you … Continue reading
I feel like I was born for the pen- Pever X
Sevhage Writer, Pever X interview on his forthcoming book, Cat Eyes. Continue reading
THRILLS OF VERSE AND KNOWLEDGE AS MUSA IDRIS OKPANACHI READS AT THE SECOND SEVHAGE GUEST WRITER SESSION IN MAKURDI
by Su’eddie Vershima Agema It was fun as SEVHAGE in collaboration with the Writers’ League of the Benue State University and the poetry group, Purple Silver hosted the poet, Dr. Musa Idris Okpanachi to a reading at the Benue State University, Makurdi on the 29th of May, 2013. The time was 4pm and the audience … Continue reading
Spotlight: Su’eddie Vershima Agema’s Bring Our Casket Home
Originally posted on Seun Odukoya:
For whom this collection sings he whom our waists and entire thoughts wring You, who brought so much through your incredible near divine touch it is to your elegance that our inks dance snaking and stroking in every true cadence more than these we offer to please …
AWARD WINNING POET MUSA IDRIS OKPANACHI COMES TO MAKURDI 29th MAY 2013
Okay, you heard it here first! The second SEVHAGE Guest Reader Session/Democracy Day Reading… Award winning poet, scholar and deep philosopher, Musa Idris Okpanachi, author of the collections The Eaters of the Living (2007) and From the margins of Paradise (2012) is billed to have a reading and guest interactive session in Makurdi by 4pm on the Wednesday 29th … Continue reading
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