Well, with the exception of the Somalis. I am told that every Somali is a poet.Not sure how this cuts across class in reality. Are they both consumers and producers of poetry?
I know for sure that the great Mohammed Abdile Hassan (Abdullah Hassan) launched his twenty year plus war against British, Italian and French occupation with poetry and arms(Samatar), 1899 - 1920.
On Sun, May 3, 2020 at 11:30 AM 'Adeshina Afolayan' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Oga Yusuf, once we differentiate verses from poems, I insist that all poetry is elitist...either written from the street (whatever that means) or for the street.On Sunday, May 3, 2020, 3:33 PM, Yusuf Adamu <yusufadamu@gmail.com> wrote:
For me, I don't write poetry from the street but for the street, making it less elitist and more accessible.Yusuf AdamuOn Sun, 3 May 2020, 15:18 Yusuf Adamu <yusufadamu@gmail.com> wrote:Hi Chidi,I will glad to read your poems. I seem to like your views. I am a poet too. You can read some of my poems at www.africanpublicpoet.blogspot.comThanksYusuf AdamuOn Sun, 3 May 2020, 00:42 Chidi Anthony Opara, FIIM <chidi.opara@gmail.com> wrote:I write poetry of protest because I came from the streets, unlike colleagues who came from the academia/intelligentsia.CAO.
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