Ọgbà àjàrà ayọ̀ la wà yìí Dè mí kí n má lè rọ́nà yí Tilẹ̀kùn ọgbà àjàrà Kí nwọn ó máa gbẹ́kùlé wàrà. Kàn’lù ìfẹ́ sí mi Kí n jó dùndún ìfẹ́ mọ́jú Ràdò ìfẹ́ bò mí Má jẹ̀ẹ́ n ké’gbe òtútù. Bẹ́ẹ̀ bá wá’únjẹ wọ́gbà yìí wá Afẹ́fẹ́ ìfẹ́ leè yó’kùn-un wa Báà wẹ̀ […]
Ẹ métí bora kẹ́ gbóhun tí mo fẹ́ wí orin ewì ń gbé mi nínú Ibi mo sọ̀rọ̀ dé ni ngó fàbọ̀ sí Orin ọgbọ́n ṣẹ́kù nínú mi Orin olówó lorin tó yó sí mi lẹnu Kò sí gbàrọgùdù mọ́, orin olówó ló kù nílẹ̀ Mo ní b’ọ́lọ́lá ayé ti lọ́lá tó Ọlọ́lá ò le […]
bịa, ị bụdị anụnụebe a naghị ekwe onye ọzọ ibe i bee, i bechie ebe onye ọzọ ga-ebe oge ọbụla ị na-ede na-achọ onye gị na ya ga-ese ka a ga asị na gị na udo na-ese oge ọbụla, asịrị ka ị na-ege ihe ọma meere onye ọzọ ka ị na-ede nke na-eme gị, i […]
Ta'ala ina rokonka ranar da zan cika Kasa in cika Allah cikin daki na Gaban duk iyali na da 'ya'ya da 'yan'uwa Allah ina rokon ka sai a gidana Idan na cika yan'uwa na gaya muku Da kun ji cikawata ku taru gidana Idan har da rana abin yazo ko cikin dare Batun jinkiri kar […]
jide aka m nwayọọ kpanyesia mkpụsị aka gị na nke m ka m jirikwa nkem kpuchikwa nke gị nwayọọ ka ọbara anyị gwakọta wee kepụta ụdọ ka anyị gwuo egwuriegwu ụdọ ka anyị sịbu eme ya i jidesi ike, ghara ị rapụ onweanyị aka ka anyị mekwaa ya ọzọ ka anyị si eme ya mgbe […]
Taiwo Olunlade is a Professor of Yoruba studies in the Department of African Languages, Literature, and Communication, Lagos State University, Nigeria. His works include Ewì Ìgbàlódé, an anthology of Yoruba poems, which reflects his innovative teaching methods and techniques of writing. Taiwo Olunlade is an internationally celebrated poet.
Mahmoudan Hawad (1950-). Poet born into a family of the Ikazka-zan Tuareg, who are part of the Kel Aïr Tuareg of Niger. Before the Tuareg rebellions of the 1990s and after a spate of unemployment, he relocated to Aix-en-Provence, France, where he lives and publishes his works. He writes in Tamazight but is translated into […]
Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún is a Nigerian writer who has worked for many years as a linguist (recently at Google), lexicographer (at Oxford English Dictionary), Fulbright scholar (Southern Illinois University), schoolteacher, and currently Chevening Research Fellow at the British Library in London. In 2016, he was the recipient of the “Special Prize” of Premio Ostana, given for […]
Túbọ̀sún Ọládàpọ̀ is a Yorùbá language writer, poet, broadcaster, and producer. He is the author of many volumes of Yorùbá poetry some published as books, and many recorded as poetry albums, accompanied by songs and dance. His published poetry includes Aroye Akewi (Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) and Arofo Awon Omode (poetry for children). His […]
Ọláńrewajú Adépọ̀jù (also sometimes called “Lanrewaju Adepoju”) is a Yorùbá poet, writer, intellectual, and religious leader from Nigeria, born in a village called Abà Òkè Pupa in Ọ̀yọ́ State of Nigeria, in 1940. An autodidact, he taught himself to read and write in Yorùbá and English. But his time spent with the griots (West African […]