One of the more consistent poets on the Nigerian scene today is the vocal and sometimes controversial, Jide Badmus, a passionate poet and literary promoter who through the years has come to be a leading literary voice. Though Badmus has been writing for a long time (about twenty years), his first published poetry collection is … Continue reading
![AN EVENING OF READINGS AT THE POETRY ON THE GO [PoGo] SESSION AND FABRICE GAGOS’S PORTRAITS OF THE NOTTINGHAM POETRY FESTIVAL](https://sevhage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/gpc07x1akaabctg.png?w=188&h=162&crop=1 "AN EVENING OF READINGS AT THE POETRY ON THE GO [PoGo] SESSION AND FABRICE GAGOS’S PORTRAITS OF THE NOTTINGHAM POETRY FESTIVAL")
by Su’ur Su’eddie Vershima Agema The Nottingham Poetry Festival 2024, held from the 7th to the 16th of June across various libraries in the city, featured amazing events. However, attending them all was always going to be daunting with the conflicting events and more importantly, the busyness of one’s schedules. With lots of hopping across … Continue reading
In this interview, SEVHAGE author, Amaka Felly Obioji, development enthusiast and author of Mother, Did You Call My Name? is in conversation with Jola Ademola on her writing and much more. Enjoy: JOLA: What inspired you to compile and publish “Mother, did you call my name?” AMAKA: I have always been writing short-form poetry that I usually … Continue reading
A Cry for Mercy is a book of lamentations. A distraught persona navigates mystical terrains with a carnal compass—interrogates pain from a spiritual slant. This 123-paged poetry book is a collection of letters to God. It’s like a diary—frustrated monologues & aching contemplations—mistakenly left in the open. Who writes letters, you wonder, in this age, … Continue reading
SEVHAGE is thrilled to present two evocative poetry collections from Nengak Daniel Gondyi: Gesticulations on a Bike and Postcards from Salamaville. These welcome addition to Nigeria’s poetry scene touch the intricate facets of the human experience in it beautiful complexity. Nengak crafts his poems with clarity, beckoning readers to delve deep into the heart of his words. GESTICULATIONS … Continue reading
Register for the Benue Book and Arts Festival (BBAAF) by CLICKING HERE. BBAAF is in its 3rd year after having its maiden edition in 2019 and comes up this year from 5th to 7th August 2021. The event will hold virtually via Zoom and social media channels on 5th August 2021 and in-person in tentatively at … Continue reading
It has been some time coming and you all knew we were going to come through. HERE IT IS, Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto’s lovely chapbook, The Teenager who became my mother. It is the third in our SEVHAGE poetry Chapbook series that was inaugurated with Agatha Aduro’s The Enchanting. The series celebrates the best of poetry from fresh … Continue reading
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR SEVHAGE LITERARY PRIZES 2019 SEVHAGE Publishers and SEVHAGE Literary and Development Initiative present the SEVHAGE Literary Prizes 2019 in the categories of short stories, poetry and creative non-fiction. Submission Dates: 11th May 2019 to 26th May 2019 [23:58 GMT] LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ENTERTAINED. Shortlist Announced: 11th June, 2019 … Continue reading
We are proud to announce that starting from today, SEVHAGE Publishers in collaboration with SEVHAGE Literary and Development Initiative and in some cases, other creative bodies or like organisations will be publishing some e-books across the genres to celebrate literature and the word especially as presented from Africa. It is our hope that through this … Continue reading
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
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