Tanure Ojaide
1948
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country of citizenship: Nigeria
languages spoken, written or signed: English, Nigerian Pidgin
educated at: International Writing Program, Syracuse University, University of Ibadan, Federal Government College Enugu
occupation: poet, university teacher, literary critic, professor, writer
official website: pages.uncc.edu/tanure-ojaide
Tanure Ojaide (born 1948) is a Nigerian poet and academic. As a writer, he is noted for his unique stylistic vision and for his intense criticism of imperialism, religion, and other issues. He is regarded as a socio-political and an ecocentric poet. He won the 2018 Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa with his collection Songs of Myself: A Quartet (2017). Source: Wikipedia (en)
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