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jide badmus

@bardmus

2 years

A thread of some of my beautiful poetry book reviews:

A POET AS AN ART DISSIDENT AND COLLECTOR

(A Review of like Butterflies Scattered About by Art Rascals)

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jide badmus

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7 years

@LazyWrita "delete that footage"

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jide badmus

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7 months

It saddens me to inform you that Adedayo Ademokoya @iamfantasticdee in his poem, How to fall in love, plagiarized Dami Ajayi's @JollyPaps1 poem, How to Grieve in Time from his poetry book, Affection & other Accidents (2022).

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10 months

It's called creative writing for a reason. It doesn't conform with your standards or expectations

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2 years

Have you wondered why Nigerian poets are high on heavy metaphors? It's inherent. Our languages are built on metaphors—just listen to a Yoruba man speak, reel out instantaneous metaphors.

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10 months

"I might be rough around the edges, maybe yes I keep it nappy and I do what makes me happy And nobody can deny me that I'm blessed" This is 43... the new 33!

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jide badmus

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10 months

It's 9 years & I'm still not sober! It's my wedding anniversary today! Send a wish, send a prayer... send weekend getaway funds 😆

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jide badmus

@bardmus

1 year

Author of 4 full Poetry collections, 6 Poetry chapbooks, 2 forthcoming Poetry chapbooks. Curator & editor of 4 Poetry Anthologies. King of Eros, Jagunlabi of Metaphors, Son of the Sun, Badass editor, digital publisher...(add your own)

Agbowó

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1 year

Brag about yourself (African creatives edition) Let’s have it. 😊

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jide badmus

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11 months

Imagine your favourite poet is a fruit seller. Metaphor is the only currency we accept!

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jide badmus

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2 years

This day, 42 years ago, a King was born

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jide badmus

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4 years

It's 40 years of grace on earth's face. Glory to Almighty.

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jide badmus

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4 years

It's our Wedding Anniversary. Six beautiful years and counting...

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jide badmus

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2 years

Folks, introducing my new book, Obaluaye. Pre-order link is up

Edward Vidaurre (By Throat, By Miracle)

@VidaurreEdward

2 years

Employing the duality attribute of Obalúayé, these poems speak of health and death, of strength, flaws and a thirst for things that elude, in one breath. @bardmus Pre Order Now Available here:

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jide badmus

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2 years

Somewhere in New York...

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jide badmus

@bardmus

1 year

For the biggest literary prize in Africa, publicity is poor. Too poor

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jide badmus

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1 year

Queen of Hearts. My babe is 40 today. Say a prayer. Send her wishes.

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jide badmus

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2 years

My new collection of poems, Obaluaye, is set for June, 2022 release from @FlowerSongPress Anticipate. If you're interested in writing a review, please get in touch.

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jide badmus

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11 months

INKterlude

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jide badmus

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10 months

#AfricanPoets2024 This beautiful poem by @Nduta__

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jide badmus

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2 years

Inspired by @kwaku_kyereh

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2 years

To all the poets out there, one love!

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jide badmus

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1 year

You laugh like chandelier

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2 years

Somewhere in Lagos, an author holds his baby!

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7 months

I waited this long, somehow hoping there would be an apology. There has been none. I guess he believes people are busy with life especially as things are tougher than ever. It is sad that I have to do this. Plagiarism isn't something we sweep under the carpet.

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jide badmus

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1 year

@jerichobrown It was a beautiful session! Had fun all through

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jide badmus

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1 year

Nigerian literature critiques, especially poetry, appear more like social commentaries these days. It's like somehow, our critics find a way to avoid the good works & concentrate on works flooding social media—use those to measure the performance of the art.

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jide badmus

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3 years

A good poem is a blend of creative fantasies and relatable realities. — Jide Badmus

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jide badmus

@bardmus

1 year

One of my poems on the new issue of @agbowoart Thank you @nome__patrick and @adedayo_agarau for giving these poems a beautiful platform

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jide badmus

@bardmus

2 years

I just completed a poetry chapbook manuscript, Lust Alphabets. 26 micro poems; the A-Z of lust & sensuality And the poems are so delectable

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jide badmus

@bardmus

2 years

Niyi Osundare, The Word is an Egg (pg 43)

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jide badmus

@bardmus

1 year

Your favourite poet now wears glasses

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1 year

I'm in bard company! @opendites @sodiqoyekan @Panini500bc

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jide badmus

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7 months

Just wrote this...what do you think?

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2 years

#NewProfilePic

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jide badmus

@bardmus

1 year

Thanks to @blackboughpoems for the nomination. You've been a big supporter of my poetry

Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu

@blackboughpoems

1 year

Congratulations to the Black Bough 'Best of the Net' nominees 2024 @SundressPub 🏆✒️💎🔥 @bardmus @SeaGoatScreams @alilock4 @VWC_Writes @oormilaprahlad @AnnePhillips48

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jide badmus

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4 years

A young writer's mind is a minefield but his skill is still in the furnace. He struggles with expressions. Then he matures and his mind is a desert. He expresses emptiness and silence with impeccable finesse.

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jide badmus

@bardmus

10 months

"Adam, where are you?" "I am naked"

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jide badmus

@bardmus

1 year

Love poems are boring... shhhh who have you been reading? This is calling on all love bards—let's give them something to talk about for years. HOW TO FALL IN LOVE AGAIN Send your poems as a ms word attachment to inkspirednigeria @gmail .com

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jide badmus

@bardmus

11 months

"On harmattan mornings, hope is like red oil or shea butter begging the sun to walk into your bedroom..." Jide Badmus, Whet

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jide badmus

@bardmus

1 year

I just read through Rapture, my poetry chapbook of 31 poems due for release on January 2, 2024. And damn! How did I come up with this intense beauty?

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jide badmus

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1 year

I don't know what we take away from these pointless arguments about who is a better writer or who deserves what. Can't we just enjoy these exceptional talents & works? It's irking

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jide badmus

@bardmus

2 years

Going through these entries, I can say that 'Shapeshifting' is probably the most used word in naija poetry currently. Kilode!

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jide badmus

@bardmus

4 years

Niyi Osundare 😍🤩

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jide badmus

@bardmus

3 years

"you can’t have the world to yourself maybe you should give yourself to the world" —Wale Ayinla, Portrait of a boy with Grief

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jide badmus

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1 year

What are you reading?

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jide badmus

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6 months

You are a poet. Tell us what other things you do.

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jide badmus

@bardmus

4 years

I have 2 poems in @JaladaAfrica 's nostalgia issue, sharing space with other beautiful writers. Read and enjoy

“Quiet” + “reaching for light” by Jide Badmus

Church bells have grown beardsof dust. The markets are denuded.Pigeons have taken over the parks. We stopped calling the days by name.Today is abiku—yesterday replayed—tomorrow will wear this same …

jaladaafrica.org

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jide badmus

@bardmus

2 years

I don't know where we got the notion that critiques have to be brutal & condescending. Your opinions are largely subjective. You are not authority. You are not the custodian of standards.

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jide badmus

@bardmus

2 years

I'm a rockstar, baby!

theroaringlionnewcastle

@theroaringlionn

2 years

Breaking News: Newcastle Publishing Imprint Secures the European Rights to Jide Badmus’s Collection of Poems – “What Do I Call My Love For Your Body” #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #poets #Newcastle

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jide badmus

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2 years

My poem from the 2021 chapbook, Anatomy of the Sun, co-authored with Ridwan Tukur

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jide badmus

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7 months

It's World Poetry Day. You're all amazing!

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jide badmus

@bardmus

2 years

I'm a lazy writer who writes for lazy readers. You can read my new poetry chapbook, Lust Alphabets, in less than 15 minutes. But I can assure you, you'll keep going back to it.

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jide badmus

@bardmus

4 years

Poetry without words...

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2 years

Art dies when it doesn't get a response —Niyi Osundare

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jide badmus

@bardmus

2 years

I just got a contract for WHAT DO I CALL MY LOVE FOR YOUR BODY from @theroaringlionn Expect another collection of poems soon. Meanwhile, Obaluaye has shipped. I can't wait to have it in my hands.

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2 years

I am salt inside water— broken, lost, wandering (salt)

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9 months

You can find poetry in anything— you only need to look closely.

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jide badmus

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1 year

Congrats to Obari Gomba, winner of the NLNG prize 2023. In the longlist back to back (last year for poetry), I knew he would win.

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jide badmus

@bardmus

11 months

What does poetry mean to you?

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jide badmus

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2 years

My new poetry book, Obaluaye, my third full poetry collection was released in June 2022 by FlowerSong Press in Texas. OBALUAYE is a collection that compared the experiences of the pandemic with our everyday lives before and after. The poems explored

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jide badmus

@bardmus

2 years

I got my first acceptance of the year! The Amistad 2023 Spring Issue. Yass!

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jide badmus

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1 year

Pre-order Blood Currency. It's a poetry micro chapbook, a @KonyaShamsrumi KSR Gazelle. It will be available on 20th August. It's a beauty, I promise.

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jide badmus

@bardmus

5 months

Next read...

Mister Terver, Whittler of Words

@carlterver

5 months

Failed to update y'all. #currentread The Incredible Dreams of Garba Dakaskus

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jide badmus

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7 months

Incense I smoke metaphors & words walk on their heads Night becomes as clear as day The sun is blue & the moon identifies as flame Jide Badmus

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jide badmus

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1 year

I have 2 poems here... July 15!

Agbowó

@agbowoart

1 year

See their names. Transition is coming… #Agbowo #Transition #LitMag

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11 months

Read my poem, Amphibians, on @PoetryColumnNnd . All thanks to the editor @pamilerinjacob Read, share & give feedback

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jide badmus

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7 years

@MESSIAH_E007 @LazyWrita Very true but that was the line that got the first genuine laugh escaping my throat

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4 years

We hide behind a wall of metaphors

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jide badmus

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3 years

I've got two poems in this beautiful issue of Eremite poetry. Kindly read, share and give feedback

EREMITE POETRY

@EremitePoetry

3 years

TWO POEMS By @bardmus

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1 year

A boy's grief is a tired body of water in the mouth of a poem Abeg, let the poets breathe!

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2 years

Scripture!

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2 years

A poem is a vehicle—it breaks down without a sign. The poet is a mechanic.

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3 years

Surrogate This love I carry in compost heart, as though mine, belongs to someone else. And it's okay. It's okay to own, to hold this joy momentarily... It's okay to sit at the foyer while you're yet undecided who to walk down the aisle with Jide Badmus

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3 years

god trapped in body/spirit trapped in cup/wings strapped behind/free to fly... I'm 41 today. Glory to God

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9 months

My first @TopTweetTuesday poem in a while. I hope you like it, @Keatingr

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1 year

HAPPY WORLD SEXUAL HEALTH DAY!

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1 year

All I need in this life of sin is me & my girlfriends

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2 years

What do I call my love for your body?

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2 years

I write poetry for the same reason I read it, both as a way of being alive and as a way of trying to understand what it means—how it feels—to be alive. —Carl Phillips, The Art of Daring

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jide badmus

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6 months

Quote this with a micro poem

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jide badmus

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1 year

I have a new poem here. Gratitude to the editors of @afrocritik

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4 years

Dinner is here!

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11 months

Unserious collective, but Wale, Pamilerin & KSA dey form serious 🤣🤣 @UnseriousCo

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1 year

One of my poems from Memento, an anthology of contemporary Nigerian poetry edited by @adedayo_agarau

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3 years

Happy World Poetry Day!

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1 year

Jide Badmus invites you to INKterlude, a time of relaxation, time-off from the pressures of Naija. Quality time with creatives, sharing poetry, music & drinks in an artful atmosphere.

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jide badmus

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8 months

I don't write when I'm reading or editing other people's poetry. That's how much I don't want to sound like them—not even subconsciously. So, I find it hard to understand that someone will pick up another's original work & study it in a bid to rip & own it

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jide badmus

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6 months

From Obaluaye

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jide badmus

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1 year

Literary platforms have a duty to their audience. Allowing (& probably rewarding) malicious contents is an act of irresponsibility You can't mask vile as literary criticism, no matter how fluent or seemingly knowledgeable it appears The best of critics are humble

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1 year

#NewProfilePic

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jide badmus

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11 months

I met @theofficial_ksa after 6 years of online interaction & phone conversations. Your presence at the event is highly appreciated

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jide badmus

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11 months

"These waves make masts tremble. But I'm submarine I dive in the storm & negotiate the terms of tides." Jide Badmus, Terms & Conditions

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jide badmus

@bardmus

2 years

Short Review: Memory and the Call of Waters @Sueddieagema weaves braids of metaphors, especially with water & memory—interwoven images that are as witty as they are deep. Imeagery that is as abstract as it is real.

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jide badmus

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1 year

I got a beautiful acceptance from @agbowoart Siuuuu! Thanks to the editors. Looking forward to the Transition issue.

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2 years

Are you in Lagos? Let's meet at The Bunker, Lekki.

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jide badmus

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4 years

Call for Submissions to SprinNG: An Afro-Eros Anthology We have read several anthologies about love, its coyness, fragility, joy, and sometimes, heartbreak. What’s often shied from in the narratives of love especially in many African cultures is its involving eros and sexuality.