The Babishai Niwe Poetry Festival which is powered by
Babishai Niwe Foundation has released its longlist for the
BN Poetry Award ahead of the festival. The festival will
hold from August 3-6, in Kampala, Uganda.

Below are longlisted poets and titles of their poems:

1. Telephone Monologue By Olamide Adio Olanrewaju
(Nigeria)

2. Commerce By Ayodele Sosegbon (Nigeria)

3. In My Brother, I See: By Mhraf Worku (Ethiopia)

4. Stones By Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau [Nigeria]

5. TURGIDITY AND TASTE By Osadolor Osayande
[Nigeria]

6. BROKEN AEROSOLS By Osadolor Osayande [Nigeria]

7. anchor for Tsiwah By Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau
(Nigeria)

8. REDEMPTION by Onele Peter-Cole (Nigeria)

9. RETRIBUTION (For those who steal our hope) By
Onele Peter-Cole [Nigeria]

10. Like Torn Kites In An Hurricane By Rex Omonla
[Nigeria]

11. The Prayer of A Sojourner By David John Esu
(Nigeria)

12. Parasitic Anti-Symbiosis By Babalola Joseph O
(Nigeria]

13. NEWCOMER by Olabode Olanrewaju (Nigeria)

14. HYMNS OF A BROKEN SYMPHONY By George
Gumikiriza (Uganda)

15. JOURNEY OF A MAGUS By Chiedozie Kelechi
Danjuma (Nigeria)

16. A Song from the Foothills by Titilayo Mabogunje
(Nigeria)

17. OUR YELLOW BIRDS By Bo Chacha (Nigeria)

18. RAINED By Lod Nael (Nigeria)

19. god In Butterflies by Muna Chinedu (Nigeria)

20. Alpha 1 By Badmus Jabril (Nigeria)

21. Rites Of Passage By Darlington Chibueze Anuonye
(Nigeria)

22. LISTEN By Kazeem Adeyomola Ismail (Nigeria)

23. Calypso’s Song (For men who try to love me while
I’m broken) By Tariro Ndoro (Zimbabwe)

24. BRITTLE By Ogwiji Ehi-kowochio Blessing

25. My Letter To You By By Grace Sharra (Malawi)

26. Unholy Sermon Notes By Yakeeb (Nigeria)

27. JOURNEYS By Badmus Jubril [Nigeria]

28. A Premature Sunset (for Innocent Bukhuni) By
Wafula p’Khisa (Kenya)

29. BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS BEING SWALLOWED

UP BY MEMORY (for Aunty Ebun ) By Boluwatife
Afolabi (Nigeria)

30. A Poem For Hugh Masekela By Zibusiso Mpofu
[Zimbabwe]

31. WHAT LIES BEYOND THE DARK? Samson Abanni
[ Nigeria ]

32. LEARNING TO LOVE MY MOTHER IN A NEW WAY
By Okwudili Nebeolisa [Nigeria]

33. Cut My Breast Today By Daniel Many Owiti (Kenya)

34. for Women by Timothy Ojo (Nigeria)

35. the music man thinks about Dapchi by Salawu
Olajide (Nigeria)

36. I See The Clouds Gliding By Lod Nael (Nigeria)

37. Once Upon My Beautiful Skin in Tanzania By Salawu
Olajide (Nigeria]

38. GENESIS By Madu Chisom Kingdavid

39. Janet carry tribes…Names carry war By Janet
Kali [Kenya]

40. 38 Photograps of Depression By Marial Awendit
[South Sudan]

To read the poems visit here:


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