The Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation is pleased to announce Ojo Victoria Ilemobayo as the winner of April-June 2024 edition of Wakaso Poetry Prize. The Chief Judge (Dr. Saddiq Dzukogi) acknowledges the quality of all the ten longlisted poems: “I had to be reading them back and forth to be able to pick the winner”. The…
We are thrilled to reveal the shortlisted poets for the June 2024 quarter Wakaso Poetry Prize. Congratulations to: We were incredibly impressed by the caliber of entries this quarter. Stay tuned for the announcement of the winner!
Date: 6/1/2024 Panelists: Discussion Ojo Olumide Emmanuel: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. We have Nasiba Babale who is a poet, you are welcome. We have Mr. Victor Akwu Eneojo who is a poet and critic, you are welcome sir. While we wait for other panelists, the theme of this discussion is Nigerian Poetry: Where do…
Date: April 27, 2024 from 4:30-6:30 PM (UTC) Panelists: Curators: Ibraheem Uthman & Olumide Ojo Emmanuel Discussion Ojo Olumide: Good afternoon. It is humbling to have you on this HIASFEST Monthly Panel Discussion 2024. I am excited that we are all here already. My co-curator, Ibraheem Uthman, is also with me. I can see Mal…
Every beginning surely has an end, and with every end, another journey begins. I remember receiving the acceptance mail on a Thursday evening when I just alighted from a bus that drove me from Lagos down to Ibadan—it felt surreal, like a dream displaying right on my phone. My Hannah later got her Samuel—not in…
