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Tde Ipadeola. Source: Sentinelnigeria.org | |
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Tade Ipadeola.
Lawyer and journalist, Tade Ipadeola has won the NLNG Prize for Literature 2013 (Poetry category).
On Wednesday, 9th October, the judges announced his collection of poetry, Sahara Testament the winner of the prize. The prize carries a $100, 000 financial reward,
Other writers who made the initial longlist for the prize are: Letter Home and Biafran Nights, by Akeh Afam; Eke Iquo’s Symphony of
Becoming; Birthcry, Nwakanma Obi; Wild Letters, Ogochukwu Promise and
Ede Amatoritsero’s Globetrotter and Hitler’s Children.
Others on
the list are Marsh Boy and Other Poems by Egbewo G’ebinyo; Gomba Obari’s
Length of Eyes; The Sahara Testaments, Ipadeola Tade; Launko Kinba (pen
name for Femi Osofisan), Seven Stations Up the Stairways; Through the
Window of a Sandcastle, Nnadi Amu and Sea of My Mind, Raji Remi.
T
he Only three writers made the shortlist. They are: Tade Ipadeola (The Sahara
Testaments), Amu Nnadi (through the window of a sandcastle) and Promise
Ogochukwu (Wild Letters).
Congratulations to Tade Ipadeola!