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Welcome to Poemify Podcast: The poetry and arts Talk Show podcast, where we celebrate the beauty and diversity of African art. Our show features interviews with African artists, poets, and other creatives who draw inspiration from the rich cultural heritage of Africa.
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Welcome to another captivating episode of the Poemify Podcast! Hosted by Oluwatosin Isaac, this episode features a special guest, Kalu Siza Amah, a talented Nigerian performance artist. He is a teaching assistant at the Department of African and African American Studies at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and he teaches Poetry Performance a…
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Welcome to another inspiring episode of the Poemify Podcast!I'm your host, Oluwatosin Isaac, and today we have a special guest who's about to take us on a poetic journey through the heart of Africa. Joining us is Caleb Mwangome, a talented Kenyan poet and writer who has crafted a self-published poetry collection titled 'Circle Of Perfection.''In th…
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Sophy Bless: A Creative Writer, Spoken Word Artiste, and Voiceover Artiste Sophy Bless is a creative writer, spoken word artiste, and voiceover artiste. In this episode of Poemify Podcast, she talks to Oluwatosin Isaac about her creative writing journey, her life, and the impact art has on her. Sophy shares that she has been writing for as long as …
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Seke Peace Reuben is a brilliant author, creative writer & editor, writing coach, pharmacist by profession, public Speaker, digital trainer, and virtual events host.Seke Peace Reuben is the founder and cofounder respectively of; SPICE– Seke Peace Institute for Creatives and Entrepreneurs and EARLYVATE AFRICA, which is also that space where we are p…
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Damilola Jonathan Oladeji had his first degree from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Nigeria with Awards of Excellence. He received a Master’s Degree from the University of Pretoria, South Africa. He’s currently a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Pretoria and an IREBS foundation for African Real Estate Research Scholar. He is a writer …
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Today we'd be hosting Dr. Onyeka Chiemelie on Poemify Podcast for the 7th episode of Authors Interview with our host, Oluwatosin Isaac. Dr. Onyeka Chiemelie, CEO #KizzyserviceHub LTD, is a highly sought-after business growth strategist who, over the years, has helped small business owners and budding entrepreneurs add six and seven figures to their…
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Episode 5 of Poemify Podcast is the most inspiring and insightful episode so far. Like a tour guide, Osinayah Happyprince Agu took us on a tour of his adventure down the poetry path.Musings of a Madman, Osinayah Happyprince Agu's poetry concert is on Saturday, 20th May, 2023. Have you got your tickets? Buy now :https://tellerafricatickets.com/produ…
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Welcome to Poemify Podcast: the poetry and Arts Talk Show podcast, where we celebrate the beauty and diversity of African art. Our show features interviews with African artists, poets, and other creatives who draw inspiration from the rich cultural heritage of Africa. In each episode, our host engages in a lively discussion with our guests, delving…
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Welcome to Poemify Podcast: The poetry and arts Talk Show podcast, where we celebrate the beauty and diversity of African art. On today's episode, our host, Oluwatosin Isaac interviews Nkasiobi Mbonu, a Nigerian poet, photographer, and author of '"Seashells", 2021 winning chapbook of the Pengician Poetry Chapbook Prize available on Poemify Bookstor…
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Poemify Podcast - Author Interview featuring Ella Obans How can one maintain friendship for a long time? I have been thinking about how we define strong friendships. What solidifies the bound? Shared affinities? Shared past? Shared knowledge of personhood? A deep sense of feeling accepted by the other? Or is it something else? I’ve heard a lot of p…
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Welcome to Poemify Podcast: The poetry and arts Talk Show podcast, where we celebrate the beauty and diversity of African art. On today's episode, our host, Oluwatosin Isaac interviews Di MadWriter (Tochukwu Precious Eze), a Nigerian storywriter, poet, publisher, and author of numerous books, including 'Adaeze', 'Agu', and 'Hypnosis.'…
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Welcome to Poemify Podcast: The poetry and arts Talk Show podcast, where we celebrate the beauty and diversity of African art. On today's episode, our host, Oluwatosin Isaac interviews Nigerian poet, playwright, and author Iwu Jeff. He talks about his book 'Verdict of the Gods', his writing journey, hobbies, and a lot more.…
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This allegory relates the story of an evolving country, Nigeria, showing the different things she's personified to have done. Symbolism and metaphor help drive home the point that this country that we speak of, although has come a long way, has a whole lot of journey-ing left to do. "i love the way i’m stared at like the old photograph of a dead re…
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They come with a cupful of pinned promises Singing songs of salvation to our weary ears With these drowning drooling dreams And ripping ripened realms They came with bells of dismembered peace To shred the rope of our unison in pieces This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/enslaved-a-poem-by-ogechi-veronica/…
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Ain’t we all blind from the inside? To have been ripped off the good life we all deserve To have been dead long of ignorance and inability of one voice as humans we are To have allowed thieves and crooks to have their hands in every pot To have been slaughtered off our vision by hypocrites and deceivers of change To have let humanity suffer, pain, …
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the last time hunger threatened to kill me, my mother cut her flesh & fed me. & when my oesophagus was like a desert that my saliva wasn’t suffice to wage war against This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/motherhood-means-immolation-to-my-mother-a-poem-by-moshkur-ajikobi/…
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The strength of black women of all walks of life often go unnoticed. They aren’t famous and don’t have the power, money or influence to get the recognition they deserve. Yet so much can be said about these everyday ‘sheroes’… This episode is also available as a blog post: Read here https://poemifypublishers.com/why-a-strong-black-woman-a-poem-by-hi…
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The road home is long and it runs and runs across busy towns and lonely villages, through express routes, flyovers and white chalk lines drawn on asphalt, through bumps and gallops and potholes the size of a small pond and through smoke from the exhaust of heavy-duty lorries with witty slogans painted on their bodies. This episode is also available…
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Anyone who does not have a history, remember his history and is too quick to forget from where he/she is coming from, such a person is bound to experience life in an unhistorical way; be it nations of the world or a state in the comity of nations. Africans have been acting like ones who don’t know her history. This episode is also available as a bl…
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This poem resonate the grandness of poesy from the evaluation of a poet who stir evidently at problem, biting in between the arteries and vein without repairs until he found solacement from poetry written by another poets. In those lines were words spice with inspirations that transfix the author’s soul to evince how eloquent and dynamic God author…
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Multi award winning Creative Writer Ayomide Inufin D’great pens a conscious societal trend of Africans especially Nigerians exiting their homes in other to seek greener pastures in a white man’s land. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/it-is-better-to-squat-in-scotland/…
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This poem writtem by Nuel Uyi about the pains of having to go fight at the war front and leaving one’s beloved at home with the thought that one may go to the war front and not come back alive. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/if-i-exchange-the-pen-for-the-gun-a-poem-by-nuel-uyi/…
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The frequency at which weddings have been taken place lately is intriguing. Not only has it led to people mounting pressure on themselves unnecessarily, it has also speedily increased the number of those questioning their state of singleness. This episode is an introduction into wedding talks series that promises to be fun-filled.…
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Everyone has the ability to dream, but not everyone has the willingness to truly chase their dreams. When people aren’t living their dreams they often have limited belief systems. Dreams are just dreams until you decide they are going to be something more. When you add passion to your dreams your life circumstances will not keep you from achieving …
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