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The Cartographer Of Memory, ABook By A Nairalander's Brother, Boluwatife Afolabi by Explorers(m): 10:59pm On Sep 29, 2017 |
From here; 10 Young Nigerian Poets You Should Be Reading In 2017. No1 on the list. https://www.nairaland.com/3885902/10-young-nigerian-poets-should Foreward Before our very eyes, the poetry of Boluwatife Afolabi has emerged, as butterfly from cocoon, and taken dainty flight. It is a privilege to witness these protean moments and to relish the ineffable joy they yield. This chapbook has seen prior incarnations. In the way that the wind happens to the place with most of the tall grass, Afolabi's inspiration has settled on those boughs that most exercise our sentience and our humanity. He, the poet, has come a long way from where he started. If the trajectories mapped in these poems are any indication, this poet is one to watch. I'm chuffed, to be asked to write this introduction to a poet of enormous promise and potential. I am amazed at the quality of mind and poetics deployed in this chapbook. I've watched the unfurling of the banner. Seeing it flying the crest of Afolabi's imagination with the first rays of this new day bolsters my faith in the future of African poetry. The poems here are shaped by a vigilant intelligence and an astute understanding of what matters. They have an emotional depth to them that belie the age or experience of the poet. In these poems, one inexorably comes to agree with the sage who observed that good poems know more than the poet does. In a time when hunger for fame and undisguised greed for money has come to describe some self-styled poets, it is truly refreshing to encounter a true poet. True poets are moved by what they can give, what they can describe, what they can create not merely what they can get. Afolabi's poems are pollinators, they are butterflies to be admired for their damask, yes, but they are way more than what appears. They keep the cycle of energy and life going. This, ultimately, is what we are wired for. This is why poems such as are here contained will always matter. Tade Ipadeola, Author, The Sahara Testaments. DOWNLOAD LINK; http://mag.sankofainitiative.org/publications/the-cartogher-of-memory/ Lalasticlala, Mynd44 4 Likes 2 Shares
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Re: The Cartographer Of Memory, ABook By A Nairalander's Brother, Boluwatife Afolabi by Explorers(m): 10:59pm On Sep 29, 2017 |
About the Author. 2 Likes
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Re: The Cartographer Of Memory, ABook By A Nairalander's Brother, Boluwatife Afolabi by shakswealth(m): 11:06pm On Sep 29, 2017 |
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Re: The Cartographer Of Memory, ABook By A Nairalander's Brother, Boluwatife Afolabi by Tobitrueman(m): 2:56am On Sep 30, 2017 |
Very interesting |
Re: The Cartographer Of Memory, ABook By A Nairalander's Brother, Boluwatife Afolabi by Lagusta(m): 3:27am On Sep 30, 2017 |
The guy himself is a Nairalander joor..... I know his username but it seems he wants to be anonymous, so I would keep it that way .... Well done!!!! 2 Likes |
Re: The Cartographer Of Memory, ABook By A Nairalander's Brother, Boluwatife Afolabi by ibkayee(f): 7:37am On Sep 30, 2017 |
This is great 1 Like |
Re: The Cartographer Of Memory, ABook By A Nairalander's Brother, Boluwatife Afolabi by Explorers(m): 7:46am On Sep 30, 2017 |
ibkayee: Tnx sis 2 Likes |
Re: The Cartographer Of Memory, ABook By A Nairalander's Brother, Boluwatife Afolabi by AburoBuhari: 9:30am On Sep 30, 2017 |
it should be interesting for those that went through it, These days after using 6years in tertiary institutions (ND,B.Sc.)and had to wait a year for Service I don't read anything again as am becoming frustrated *AburoBuhari* |
Re: The Cartographer Of Memory, ABook By A Nairalander's Brother, Boluwatife Afolabi by cosby02(m): 9:35am On Sep 30, 2017 |
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Re: The Cartographer Of Memory, ABook By A Nairalander's Brother, Boluwatife Afolabi by maisauki: 10:38am On Sep 30, 2017 |
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Re: The Cartographer Of Memory, ABook By A Nairalander's Brother, Boluwatife Afolabi by wintersnow(m): 11:09am On Sep 30, 2017 |
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Re: The Cartographer Of Memory, ABook By A Nairalander's Brother, Boluwatife Afolabi by Bikky302(f): 3:21pm On Sep 30, 2017 |
Nice one oluafolabi, the poems were deep and mind-blowing. A goodread |
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