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Q&A with poet Romeo Oriogun: Sacrament of Bodies

By Africa in Words Guest on 30 April , 2021 • ( 0 )

AiW Guests: Fisayo Amodu, Dora Houghton & Bryony Gooch. Romeo Oriogun is an award-winning poet from Nigeria. His previous work includes the chapbooks Burnt Men, The Origin of Butterflies and Museum of Silence. He was also awarded the 2017 Brunel… Read More ›

Here’s My Body, Take it! A Review of Romeo Oriogun’s ‘A Sacrament of Bodies’

By Africa in Words Guest on 9 November , 2020 • ( 3 )

AiW Guest: Tikondwe Kaphagawani Chimkowola. Romeo Oriogun’s Sacrament of Bodies (2020) opens with a quote from Kazim Ali that mourns, “in one place everyone looks like me – has my name – I am the most foreign”. This longing for… Read More ›