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Iquo Diana Abasi Eke is a performance poet and writer who renders her words to the accompaniment of instruments such as traditional drums, flute and /or strings. She has performed on various platforms including The Lagos Black Heritage festival, WORDSLAM, The Lagos Poetry Festival, and Poetry Potter.

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

YOU CAN GET TICKET(s)

@ Navy Sailing Club, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.

Or @ Season 7 Restaurant.

Or @ the event.

To also get tickets before the event date.

BANK: UBA

NAME: Osigwe Benjamin

BANK NUMBER: 2083243453

NOTE: Bring slips of your payment to the venue for confirmation.

Eriata Oribhabor shared Solutionist Clementina's post. 

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JAMES ADEMUYIWA IS A NIGERIAN POET

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

YOU CAN GET TICKET(s)

@ Navy Sailing Club, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.

Or @ Season 7 Restaurant.

Or @ the event.

To also get tickets before the event date.

BANK: UBA

NAME: Osigwe Benjamin

BANK NUMBER: 2083243453

NOTE: Bring slips of your payment to the venue for confirmation.

Eriata Oribhabor shared Solutionist Clementina's post. 

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For more details: 08069257714, 08176861035

A POEM by Akinyemi Bliss

Parents listen to your children
We are the leaders of tomorrow
Try to pay our school fees
And give us sound education

Oh! What a pity.

Today I speak with the voice of a thousand graduates who sang this song over a decade ago
But are nothing but degree owning labourers and okada riders
Whose worn out shoes have been deprived of the ko ko ka sound

Today, i stand to say that I know we are the leaders of tomorrow
Though no one ever told us tomorrow will always be tomorrow in a nation where
The beauty of our old men no longer lives in their grey head
But now resides in their shameless acts of corruption

A nation where the glory of the youths no longer abide in their strength
But dwells on dubious thoughts, of means of acquiring without perspiring
Just like our so called leaders

Today I stand to ask
Why the only infrastructure they care about is the one that relates to their stomach
And the only amenities they provide are the ones that benefit them
We care to know why promises are hard to keep in this part of the world.

Yes! We want to know why the government owes corp members when their children wallow in abundance
We want to know why graduates are denied jobs despite passing interviews while relatives of the wealthy are hired with just a phone call

We need to know why institutions sell a thousand forms and admit less than a hundred children who have legs
We need to know what happened to merit?

Did merit die on merit?

They who enjoyed free education have come to make learning a living hell for us
Our tertiary institutions are filled with fresh stalites who spent years at home before gaining admission
because jamb never stopped jamming them
Still, there's no assurance of strikes not striking them with extra years.

Sometimes we wonder if the tales our parents tell of this nation are truly true

But then,
Why is our Nation's report card filled in red ink?
What is the cause of our bad roads?
Why is our health sector sick and our education system failing?
Why is our security sector unsecured?
Why is our naira worthless?

Why can't graduates get jobs?
Why are workers being owed salaries?
Why can't peace pitch it's tent amongst us?
Why do we never get answers?

MiCi  Akinyemi Bliss

Akinyemi Bliss 'MiCiBlissy' is a poet vast in thoughts and diverse in scope. She is a media personality and vast in the field.

ANTICIPATE... BEAUTY OF WORDS 2

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

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HABEEB BELOVED IS A POET

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

YOU CAN GET TICKET(s)

@ Navy Sailing Club, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.

Or @ Season 7 Restaurant.

Or @ the event.

To also get tickets before the event date.

BANK: UBA

NAME: Osigwe Benjamin

BANK NUMBER: 2083243453

NOTE: Bring slips of your payment to the venue for confirmation.

Eriata Oribhabor shared Solutionist Clementina's post. 

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Fidelis Obaseki BOOK: CHRONICLES

Book Title: CHRONICLES
Authors Name: Fidelis Obaseki
Publisher:PolarSphereBooks minna
Year: 2016
Genre: Quotations(Motivational)
Number Of Pages: 50
ISBN: 978-978-54580-8-4
Award Won: Penfreaks Literary Initiative Quote Contest(July 2016)
Purchasing Info
Price: #300
contact Number: 08188996705
Online Purchase Link: Konga
Book Shop: Amab Books Minna
Contact Info (FaceBook@Phidelis Obaseki)

BLurbs:
"I FIND THESE SAPIENCE LADDEN NUGGETS FROM A PRECOCIOUS MIND INSTRICTIVE. THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL MAXIMS TO LIVE BY"
SHITTU FOWORA

"Love is abstract. Fidelis Obaseki is a painter. i see him dazzle the world with his quotes"
PETER KWANGE
Author of Deflowered

"Fidelis becomes the second writer to have a book of quotations at the Art Centre. His mentor is the first with SECLUSION. This shows that the mentees are following their mentors with their eyes wide open"
Makama Shekwo'aga
Polar Sphere Books limited

"Quotes, like poems, are product of beautiful minds. fdelis' chronicles is a ready guide for all and sundry to combat life challenges"
Nur-d-din Temitayo Busari
Amab Books Minna

Bio 

Fidelis Obaseki hails from Edo State and writes from Minna, Niger State. He studied Maths/computer studies(College Of Education Minna). He's a poet, a spoken word artist, an activist, a quote writer and also a columnist. some of his works have been published by PIN (Poets In Nigeria), Ebedi Review Dwartsonline, Anthology for Teen Writers, OutPour Magazine and so on. He also won PENFREAKS LITERARY Quote Contest for the month of JULY. He is a member of the HILL TOP ART FOUNDATION in Minna founded by B.M Dzukogi. Fidelis Obaseki is committed to using poetry and quotations to speak positively to his societies world wide. He is the author of CHRONICLES a book of Quotes.

Summary
CHRONICLES is a book of Quotes crafted by Fidelis Obaseki. This book entails reality about life, love, social environment, fate and man. It depict pictures of truth, reproof, correction and good morals. This book is a passion akin to that of those imbued with messianic clout.

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Emebiriodo Ugochukwu Peterson a.k.a Hitch, who has performed on many stages across the country, was born in Abule Egba, Lagos, Nigeria. He is from Abia state, the fifth of five children. He’s a student, hustler (art is his hustle) and a poet of pidgin and English expression. He is the founder of the Port Harcourt based performance poetry group Word Phantomz. He loves photography, female bikers and literature.

Why spoken word? Well, poetry generally is my thing; page or stage. I used to be very shy growing up but poetry gave me the opportunity to think out loud on paper, express myself and of course also hide some of what I felt. I’m also an Adventist boy, so church played a vital role in my stage management; weekly memory verses from the church also allowed me to master my lines faster. Basically spoken word/ poetry is my form of expression. It’s also a tool for social change, and I love positive change.

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

YOU CAN GET TICKET(s)

@ Navy Sailing Club, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.

Or @ Season 7 Restaurant.

Or @ the event.

To also get tickets before the event date.

BANK: UBA

NAME: Osigwe Benjamin

BANK NUMBER: 2083243453

NOTE: Bring slips of your payment to the venue for confirmation.

Eriata Oribhabor shared Solutionist Clementina's post. 

"If you are in Lagos, and hopes to attend this event, please find out how you can get a free ticket from STEPS and STOPS"

Link: goo.gl/TTzEUU

 

For more details: 08069257714, 08176861035

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Edwina Neofloetry Aleme is a Spokenword Poet, Theatre Arts, UNIPORT Graduate, Scriptwriter and Makeup Artist. Founder of an all female Arts online platform Women Write Network.

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

YOU CAN GET TICKET(s)

@ Navy Sailing Club, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.

Or @ Season 7 Restaurant.

Or @ the event.

To also get tickets before the event date.

BANK: UBA

NAME: Osigwe Benjamin

BANK NUMBER: 2083243453

NOTE: Bring slips of your payment to the venue for confirmation.

Eriata Oribhabor shared Solutionist Clementina's post. 

"If you are in Lagos, and hopes to attend this event, please find out how you can get a free ticket from STEPS and STOPS"

Link: goo.gl/TTzEUU

 

For more details: 08069257714, 08176861035

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Adigun Olushola Clinton, commonly called Solaspeaks is a spoken word poet,teacher, prolific inspirational and motivational speaker and creative writer. A graphics artist and MC.
 He's the founder of Solarcomms, a platform established with a mission to enlighten young minds around the globe via spoken and written words.He manages and directs the affairs of Penimony- a poetry production company. 

He is the pioneer of Right Africa and Catalist who also  works at True Talk Concept as the Lead Communicator. He invests so much in the development of aspiring leaders. He is the Chief Editor at Stanzas Magazine and blogger. Aside poetry events like Freedom spoke words, Be Blessed, Feast Of Words, Go Poetic, the young star, thriving in his early-twenties has also dazed audience with his beautiful spoken word poems in universities, polytechnics, churches, and other social gatherings  across all the South-western state in Nigeria. He slammed with 30 seasoned poets at War of Words, 2015 and  came as the 1st Runner Up, was among the first ten at Eko Poetry Slam, 2015 and was 2nd Runner Up at Skill Up 2015 organized by The Lords Crew.

Solar has been featured on radio stations in Lagos which include Metro and Rhythm FM.
Solarspeaks- ...the goodnews caster.   Contact him for your wedding, birthdays, funerals, anniversaries, church programs and more on +2347061032793 or +2348173933821 solarspeaks@yahoo.com; follow on Twitter: @solarspeaks, Facebook: Adigun Clinton Olushola or Solarspeaks. Visit www.solarspeaks.blogspot.com

Also featuring BANKHALL & TOBO-RATED T- SOUL @ BEAUTY OF WORDS 2

BankHALL is a poet/essayist, spoken word artiste and an accountancy graduate based in Lagos, Nigeria.

&

 Tobore is a talented singer, teacher and prolific writer. Her themes are mostly influenced by everyday circumstances and drawing humor from life experiences. She is a graduate of English and Literary Studies and holds a Masters in Guidance and Counseling.

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

YOU CAN GET TICKET(s)

@ Navy Sailing Club, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.

Or @ Season 7 Restaurant.

Or @ the event.

To also get tickets before the event date.

BANK: UBA

NAME: Osigwe Benjamin

BANK NUMBER: 2083243453

NOTE: Bring slips of your payment to the venue for confirmation.

Eriata Oribhabor shared Solutionist Clementina's post. 

"If you are in Lagos, and hopes to attend this event, please find out how you can get a free ticket from STEPS and STOPS"

Link: goo.gl/TTzEUU

 

For more details: 08069257714, 08176861035

FUNKE AWODIYA, author: "The Farmers's Daughter" will be our Guest Poet @ BEAUTY OF WORDS 2

Awodiya Esther Funke is one of the leading female voices in Nigerian poetry. Born in Lagos where she currently resides, Funke hails from Ilesha in Osun State, Nigeria. The highly talented poet who holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology from the Ekiti state University and a Masters degree in medical Sociology from the University of Ibadan has authored one collection of poetry entitled ‘The Farmer’s Daughter’.

Awodiya is the Initiator of Safe Dreams Initiative, an NGO dedicated to sickle cell awareness, a member of the Lagos State Health Volunteer Scheme, and the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Lagos State chapter. She is also a member of Poets in Nigeria (PIN) and the moderator of Eriata Oribhabor Photo Fun Contest a contest solely dedicated to photography.

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

YOU CAN GET TICKET(s)

@ Navy Sailing Club, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.

Or @ Season 7 Restaurant.

Or @ the event.

To also get tickets before the event date.

BANK: UBA

NAME: Osigwe Benjamin

BANK NUMBER: 2083243453

NOTE: Bring slips of your payment to the venue for confirmation.

Eriata Oribhabor shared Solutionist Clementina's post. 

"If you are in Lagos, and hopes to attend this event, please find out how you can get a free ticket from STEPS and STOPS"

Link: goo.gl/TTzEUU

 

For more details: 08069257714, 08176861035

DONNA, supports BEAUTY OF WORDS 2

“Poet, writer and Energy Law expert, DONNA is arguably the most compelling voice in Nigeria’s intense performance poetry circuit today. She has been described in the only ranking effort for spoken word in Nigeria (EGC Platform) as the “queen of spoken word poetry in Nigeria” for the year 2013 and ranked amongst the top 20 poets in Nigeria in the years 2012 and 2014 (where she ranked 5^th overall best poet in Nigeria).

 

She is a Partner in the Law Firm of Adepetun, Caxton-Martins, Agbor & Segun where she has been recognised by IFLR 1000, Energy and Infrastructure (2014) as a “Rising Star” and also recently ranked as a “Rising Star” in IFLR 1000’s 2015 Financial and Corporate ranking of leading lawyers. Donna is also currently the youngest recipient of the Yitzhak Rabin International Award for Excellence in Leadership. When she is not providing expert advice to clients, DONNA invests her energies in performed poetry and was formerly a co-coordinator of the well established Nigerian platform for art expression, Freedom Hall. She is a regular act on platforms like Taruwa, Freedom Hall and Word Up (where she has been a judge of poetry slams severally and was a facilitator at their event “The Business of Spoken Word in Nigeria, 2014” where she taught a sizeable audience of spoken word artistes on perfecting their act “From Page to Stage”). 

DONNA has been called upon for landmark events where only the finest acts are selected such as Nigeria’s 1^st Cultural Trade Show (2014) tagged “Business Meets Culture” hosted by the Nigerian-German Business Association, the Lagos Black Heritage Festival and the WS 80 (celebrating Professor Wole Soyinka). DONNA was also the only Nigerian and one of 11 women elected by ONE.ORG for the National Month of Poetry, 2014 on its “National Poetry Month: Uplifting Verses From 11 Strong Female Poets”, alongside greats like Maya Angelou and Naomi Shihab Nye. She is also the only Nigerian female poet elected to feature in British Council’s video tribute to the International Women’s Day for the year 2015.

Her debut audio album “Water For Roses” has been released and is due to be launched later in the year 2015.

DONNA is daughter to Prince and Princess Babatunde Ogunnaike, and a sister to four brothers. She is married to Babatunde Shodipo  (Junior) and her goal in her words is “to give everything I have as woman, wife, mother, legal adviser, counselor, poet, author – in all areas of my gifting and talents, and to ensure that I die completely empty, at an old age, having done everything in my ability to share myself to the world.

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

YOU CAN GET TICKET(s)

@ Navy Sailing Club, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.

Or @ Season 7 Restaurant.

Or @ the event.

To also get tickets before the event date.

BANK: UBA

NAME: Osigwe Benjamin

BANK NUMBER: 2083243453

NOTE: Bring slips of your payment to the venue for confirmation.

Eriata Oribhabor shared Solutionist Clementina's post. 

"If you are in Lagos, and hopes to attend this event, please find out how you can get a free ticket from STEPS and STOPS"

Link: goo.gl/TTzEUU

 

For more details: 08069257714, 08176861035

Eriata Oribhabor, supports BEAUTY OF WORDS 2

Eriata Oribhabor is a poet and front line promoter of Naija languej. He started off writing poetry in the indigenous Nigerian Pidgin being standardised as Naija languej.

Writing in the languej, he authored; “Abuja na kpangba and Oda puem-dem (2011), edited, “IF YU HIE SE A DE PRIZIN” (poems) and “AMEBO YAD” (collection of plays). A former chairman, Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Abuja Branch, Eriata Oribhabor is the author of two poetry collections; “Beautiful Poisons” and “CROSSROADS & THE RUBICON”. He is committed to individual reorientation for societal change and collaborates with several platforms for self and collective dreams realisation.

Eriata is the Editor, WUSHAPA – Beating the Drums of Peace; a collection of poems dedicated to a sleepy community in the Bwari Area Council of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT). One with sense of a

simple lifestyle, he is a lover of the streets where he once hawked various items in Warri, Nigeria; his place of birth. Eriata is passionate about hospitality and tourism beyond the pages. He is a lover of foods and adventures in eating new meals. Inspired by this, he initiated an annual food poetry contest.

The 2014 edition of the contest led to the publication of the boom; Who Shall I Make My Wife? (Collection of food related poems). If in your opinion, Eriata Oribhabor has been the gum, jaws and words “ruling” the tongues of hundreds of poets and writers in Nigeria, you might be closer to a truth because he is deeply committed to growing poetry reading and writing amongst Nigerian youth wherever resident and by extension global poetry.

He is the initiator of Poets in Nigeria (PIN) – a none governmental literary organisation promoting poetry in all ramification whilst connecting poets for greatness. He is that simple and easy going poet always up for justice and equity building bridges of hope across borders. He does more reaching out via Facebook. He is

the General Editor, PIN Quarterly Journal on: http://www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

YOU CAN GET TICKET(s)

@ Navy Sailing Club, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.

Or @ Season 7 Restaurant.

Or @ the event.

To also get tickets before the event date.

BANK: UBA

NAME: Osigwe Benjamin

BANK NUMBER: 2083243453

NOTE: Bring slips of your payment to the venue for confirmation.

Eriata Oribhabor shared Solutionist Clementina's post. 

"If you are in Lagos, and hopes to attend this event, please find out how you can get a free ticket from STEPS and STOPS"

Link: goo.gl/TTzEUU

 

For more details: 08069257714, 08176861035

 

Amarachi C. Attamah, supports BEAUTY OF WORDS 2

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Amarachi C. Attamah (Nwadịọramma), Lives in Enugu Nigeria. She is a writer and a performing poet. She has four literary titles; Tomorrow’s Twist (2007), My Broad Daydream (2011), Making a Difference (2014), and   ‘Akụkọ Ifo Nnemochie Kọọrọ m‘ (2014). It is a short story anthology she wrote in Igbo Language.

She is the current Vice Chairperson of Association of Nigerian Authors Enugu State.

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

YOU CAN GET TICKET(s)

@ Navy Sailing Club, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.

Or @ Season 7 Restaurant.

Or @ the event.

To also get tickets before the event date.

BANK: UBA

NAME: Osigwe Benjamin

BANK NUMBER: 2083243453

NOTE: Bring slips of your payment to the venue for confirmation.

Eriata Oribhabor shared Solutionist Clementina's post. 

"If you are in Lagos, and hopes to attend this event, please find out how you can get a free ticket from STEPS and STOPS"

Link: goo.gl/TTzEUU

 

For more details: 08069257714, 08176861035

An interactive discourse with AKEEM LASISI

It has been confirmed that AKeem Lasisi will be our guest for BEAUTY OF WORDS 2, to have an interactive discourse on "African Literature. The roles it should play on the life of an African child"

Akeem Lasisi is one of the leading lights in contemporary poetry performance in Nigeria and across Africa.
With a keen interest in oral literature, and having experienced vivid traditional entertainment while growing up in Ibadan, his home town in South-West Nigeria, he had no problem translating his poetic talent into an entertaining product acceptable locally and internationally.

In 2000, he won the Association of Nigerian Authors/Cadbury Poetry Prize with his first collection of poems, Iremoje: Ritual Poetry for Ken Saro-Wiwa. Five years later, his Night of my Flight won him the prize again.

Lasisi is also the author of several other books that include Ekun Iyawo (The Bride’s Chant), Right Option English, a grammar book; and Goodness and Messy, a collection of jokes. Currently the Art Editor of The PUNCH, Nigeria’s most widely read daily newspaper, Lasisi has produced five poetry albums and nine poetry videos.

These include Post Mortem, Ori Agbe (For Wole Soyinka), Wonderland, Eleleture, Udeme, Ekun Iyawo and Promise Kept.

He has performed at many programmes, including those organised by the Ford Foundation, the British Council, French Cultural Centre, Goethe-Institut, Globacom, MTN, GTBank, the Association of Nigerian Authors, the National Gallery of Arts, Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation, University of Lagos, Poetry Africa in South Africa and Afrivenir, Germany.

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

YOU CAN GET TICKET(s)

@ Navy Sailing Club, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.

Or @ Season 7 Restaurant.

Or @ the event.

To also get tickets before the event date.

BANK: UBA

NAME: Osigwe Benjamin

BANK NUMBER: 2083243453

NOTE: Bring slips of your payment to the venue for confirmation.

Eriata Oribhabor shared Solutionist Clementina's post. 

"If you are in Lagos, and hopes to attend this event, please find out how you can get a free ticket from STEPS and STOPS"

Link: goo.gl/TTzEUU

 

For more details: 08069257714, 08176861035

OUR GUEST THAT WILL BE PERFORMING @ BEAUTY OF WORDS 2

After the long wait, from our fans, supporters and well wishers. It's our pleasure to unveil to everyone our guest that will be performing at the second edition of BEAUTY OF WORDS....

15 TOP NOTCH NIGERIAN POETS

5 NIGERIAN MUSIC AMBASSADORS

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

First 5 persons to be at the venue, from 4pm - 4:15pm gets 20% discount on the tickets...

YOU CAN GET TICKET(s)

@ Navy Sailing Club, Navy Town, Ojo, Lagos.

Or @ Season 7 Restaurant.

Or @ the event.

To also get tickets before the event date.

BANK: UBA

NAME: Osigwe Benjamin

BANK NUMBER: 2083243453

NOTE: Bring slips of your payment to the venue for confirmation.

Eriata Oribhabor shared Solutionist Clementina's post. 

"If you are in Lagos, and hopes to attend this event, please find out how you can get a free ticket from STEPS and STOPS"

Link: goo.gl/TTzEUU

 

For more details: 08069257714, 08176861035

Algerian Poet Sentenced to 2 Years for Facebook Poem By Harriet Staff

Poet Mohamed Tamalt was arrested on June 27th for posting a video to Facebook that featured a poem critical of Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Today, Human Rights Watch reports Tamalt has been sentenced to 2 Years in prison. More:

Police arrested Tamalt, a freelance journalist with dual Algerian and British nationality, near his parents’ house in Algiers. On June 28, they brought him before the First Instance Court of Sidi Mhamed in Algiers, where an investigative judge ordered his detention for “offending the president” and “defaming a public authority” under articles 144bis and 146 of the penal code.
The charges against Tamalt were for posts on his Facebook page that included a video he shared on April 2, showing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika greeting former French President Nicolas Sarkozy and a poem containing insulting verses about Bouteflika. The video was also uploaded to his online journal.
Even though these offenses carry no prison terms but only fines, the court ordered his detention pending trial. The court rejected his request for bail on July 4, prompting his lawyers to walk out in protest at what they considered to be arbitrary detention, one of his lawyers, Noureddine Benissad, told Human Rights Watch. He said that during a hearing on July 11, the court added a charge for an offense against a public official, under article 144, which provides for up to two years in prison. The same day, the court convicted Tamalt and sentenced him to two years in prison for this offense and imposed a 200,000 dinars (US$1,800) fine.

Continue Reading at Human Rights Watch.
Tags: Human Rights Watch, Mohamed Tamalt
Posted in Poetry News on Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 by Harriet Staff.


NOTE: As you all anticipate for BEAUTY OF WORDS 2, we will also be keeping you updated on current, and trending news on poetry and we will also be sharing classic poetry. So, watch this space.

BEAUTY OF WORDS2 

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

 

Young Writers Award 2016/Certificates of Recognition.

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Young Writers Award 2016/Certificates of Recognition.

After one year of our continuous struggle for, poetry (literature) to be louder than it already is. We realized that poets have continued to breathe life into their art, despite the moribund world that we live in. Where three (3) square meal can no longer be guaranteed for all working class poets/families in the world at large.

We have been able to appreciate/support poets in our little way(s) from the inception of our MOVEMENT for the best. Last year November 2015, we had the maiden edition of our yearly poetry event, tagged BEAUTY OF WORDS I, in honour of the great laureate Professor Wole Soyinka @81.

We called for submission of poems, to celebrate the bard. After scrutinizing, editing and the judging process, we had ten (10) shortlisted poets, and latter on three (3) winners.

To appreciate them, for their effort(s), we issued to them, certificates of  Appreciation and Books, from different authors, to the shortlisted poets, and winners for the Professor Wole Soyinka @81 celebration.

For this year 2016, we have decided to make the second edition of BEAUTY OF WORDS an evening of memorable experience. From an interactive lecture with a bard Nigerian poet to art exhibitions, to performance from 15top notch poets, and 5music ambassadors.

Also in our agenda for the second edition of Beauty Of Words is to give out certificates of recognition to deserving individuals and Awards for three different categories for Young Nigerian Writers.

1: Best (YOUNG) Spoken Word Poet of the year

2: Best (YOUNG) Creative writer of the year and

3: Best (YOUNG) Poetry Promoter of the year. (Age 15-25)

To be presented at Beauty Of Words II.

Deadline for nomination is 14^th September, 2016. 12mid night.

NOMINATIONS ARE ON

How to Nominate

Send

1: Writers names

2: categories

3: Age

To: thepoetrycourt@gmail.com

Note: Note more than three (3) names for each categories.

 

For support/sponsorship or info, contact Osigwe Benjamin on 08069257714, 08176861035

PRICES TO BE AWARDED @

DETAILS

DATE: Sat, 15^th October, 2016

TIME: RedCarpet-4pm = Main Event-5pm

VENUE: Plot 1610B, Alhaji Masha Rd, Off Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere, Lagos.

Gate fee: #500

ANTICIPATE, DON'T LET YOUR FRIENDS TELL YOU!!!