My books are for every living soul that can read and tackle the menace of drug abuse in our society- Saliu Ahmad Toyin
Saliu Ahmad Toyin, popularly known as ThePenWarLord is a Kwara based poet and spoken word artiste with two books: The Eye Opener and Extract from the Hourglass. In this Interview with ABDULHAFEEZ T. OYEWOLE, he attributed his ability to discharge his family, writing and tutoring duties to self-motivation, while expecting to fulfill his family members’ biggest desires to impact in the lives of young writers and be happy with himself. He also spoke about his book on drug abuse and his poetry collection which is for every readable living soul. Here is the conversation.
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| Saliu Ahmad Toyin (The legendary Penwarlord) |
“Amina the Virgin” was a product of an inspiration on Virginity - Amina Babatunde I.O.
Author of the newly recommended play, Amina the Virgin, for the students of the Junior Secondary School in Kwara State, Nigeria, Babatunde Aminat Idowu Omolola (Mrs) in this interview with Abdulhafeez T. Oyewole shared among other things are thoughts on virginity, early girl-child marriage and why her muse chose virginity as a perfect contemporary dramatic object and subject of her play. Here is the conversation.
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| Aminat Babatunde Idowu O. (Mrs) |
When I say I love you, sweetheart,
You should know I really mean it,
I don't fake orgasm when I feel naught.
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'Igbo', as the popular derivative from the cannabis plant is commonly called here, is a banned substance, of which planting, production, possession and consumption is heavily punishable by laws ranging from years of internment to the capital penalty.
But is marijuana consumption really that destructive? Do the cons outweigh it's pros? Should consumption of marijuana really be a crime? Should it continue to be considered a vice?
Romeo Oriogun from Nigeria has won 2017's £3,000 Brunel International African Poetry Prize for his "complex and ultimately beautiful" writing on masculinity, sexuality and desire in the face of LGBT criminalisation and persecution.
The judges were unanimous in their decision, choosing Oriogun from a shortlist of 10 new poets, in turn selected from nearly 1,200 entries in total. Oriogun only begun writing three years ago but was hailed by the judges "a hugely talented, outstanding, and urgent new voice in African poetry".
