Here’s ‘Swipes And Structures’: An Anthology of Poems, Drawings and Cartoons on Nigeria’s Political Experience in Honour of Ben Obumselu, edited by Professor Chuu Krydz Ikwuemesi, Jeff Iwu, and Ifeanyi Mojekwu and published by PanAfrika Press. This anthology is an exploration of Nigeria’s political chaos by seasoned poets and artists, including works by Obari Gomba, Obi Nwakanma, Amu Nnadi, James Eze, Umar Yogiza, Jide Badmus, Ifesinachi Nwadike, Kunle Shittu, and more.

Hear what critics have to say about ‘Swipes And Structures’:

Here comes a gathering of socially committed voices, singing of a people who have, for so long, desperately held onto ropes of hope under the lingering siege of the cruel knives of heartless politicians. The works in this collection offer us critical and historical cuds of flesh and bone to be chewed for a very long time to come. — Professor Ozioma Onuzulike (Director, Institute of African Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka).

Swipes and Strictures unveils Nigeria’s political soul through poetic voices that expose the harsh realities of bad governance and corruption, inviting readers to witness a nation’s struggle and the indomitable spirit of hope. — Usman Oladipo Akanbi, PhD (Founder, Imodoye Writers’ Enclave National President, Association of Nigerian Authors).

Stripes and Strictures is a revealing excursion into the dark soul of a cruelly violent country—a collage of clashing colours, shards, and fragments of broken dreams and sabotaged visions—out of which rises the stubborn hope of disillusioned people, who, despite their unending traumas, still hold on to their fantasy of a conflictive nation daily growing in infamy. — HH G. Ebinyo Ogbowei-George (Author, let the honey run and other poems and marsh boy & other poems).

For inquiries, contact Jeff Iwu @ +234 81 6317 3051

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