Name: BASHIRAT ABDULWAHAB Book(s): FROM PAIN TO PURPOSE, Words Rhymes & Rhythm, 2017 Genre: Motivational, Autobiography Awards: nil BIOGRAPHY: Bashirat Abdulwahab, author of From Pain to Purpose, is a passionate serial social entrepreneur, a trained and certified Coach with Century Anger Management of California and Sam Obafemi Behavioural Change Academy of Nigeria. She holds B.Sc.
Name: RAHMER MUSTAPHA GONI Book(s): PRISONS of OUR REALM, Words Rhymes & Rhythm, 2017 Genre: Non-fiction, Religious Motivational Awards: nil BIOGRAPHY RAHMER MUSTAPHA GONI (Almas) is the author of PRISONS OF OUR REALM. She is a geologist with a First Class Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology from the prestigious University of Maiduguri, Borno State,
Name: KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSONBook (s): WHAT CAN WORDS DO, Origami/Parresia, 2013 I SAID THESE WORDS, Words Rhymes & Rhythm, 2015 WORDS OF EROS, Words Rhymes & Rhythm, 2017 WE WHO SOWED HURT & BEADED PAINS, Words Rhymes & Rhythm, 2017 DEVIL’S PAWN, Farafina/Breeze, 2020 Awards: 1st Prize Winner Orange Crush Poetry Prize 2012 Poetry Writer
Name of Author: KELECHI IHEANACHOR Book(s): WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH, Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers, 2017 Genre(s): Prose, Poetry Awards: nil BIOGRAPHY: Kelechi Iheanachor is a poet and aspiring novelist. Words Are Not Enough is his first published work. He was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria and currently works as a senior human resources
Name of Author: OLAYINKA ABIMBOLA EGBOKHARE Book(s): DAZZLING MIRAGE, Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers, 2017 Genre(s): Prose, Poetry Awards: Winner, Audience Choice Award, Nollywood Week Paris Film Festival (Screen Adaptation). BIOGRAPHY: Olayinka Abimbola Egbokhare was born in Ibadan, Oyo State. Her love for writing was brought to the fore by Mrs Ubah, one of her
Name: AYINLA OLAWALE “WALE AYINLA” JOSEPH Book(s): THE OTHER SIDE OF OTHER ROOMS, Words Rhymes & Rhythm, 2017 Genre: Poetry Awards: nil BIOGRAPHY: Ayinla Olawale “Wale Ayinla” Joseph is a young Nigerian poet who is vast with the definition of life in things that surround him. In 2017, his collection of poems, THE OTHER SIDE
Name: MARGARET SAMMY Book(s): AMARYLLIS: HOW CAN I GO ON?, Words Rhymes & Rhythm, 2017 Genre: Poetry Awards: nil BIOGRAPHY: MARGARET SAMMY is a Nigerian poet and social crusader. Born in 2004, she began writing poems at the age of 10, greatly influenced by her teacher. Margaret’s work depicts a girl’s will to write. She
Name: dave chukwuji Book(s): CITY OF GOLD AND RUST, Words Rhymes & Rhythm, 2017 Genre: Prose Awards: nil BIOGRAPHY: dave chukwuji has spent half his life adventuring as a copywriter in some of Nigeria’s foremost advertising agencies. Occasionally, he finds time to write screenplays, some of which have found their way onto the screen, part
Name: JIDE BADMUSBook(s): THERE IS A STORM IN MY HEAD, 2017 PAPER PLANES IN THE RAIN, 2019 Genre: Poetry, ProseAwards: nil BIOGRAPHY: JideBadmus is an electrical engineer, a literary promoter and poet who hails from Omido, Kwara State. Jide hopes to establish a National Poetry Institute and organize an International Poetry Festival someday soon. He
Author’s Name: PAUL ABIOLA OKU-OLA Book(s): SCENT OF LOVE, Words Rhymes & Rhythm, 2017 OH! WHAT A CALAMITY! AND OTHER POEMS WAKE UP POETRY BLACK IS LOVE Genre: Poetry Awards: nil BIOGRAPHY: PAUL ABIOLA OKU-OLA is a Nigerian poet and playwright. He is a graduate of Electrical Engineering from The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun. Oku-Ola is
