35 Poets Longlisted for the 2018 Babishai-Niwe Poetry Award

The 2018 Babishai-Niwe Poetry Award has announced a longlist of 35 names, 26 of whom are Nigerian. Founded in 2009 by Uganda’s Beverly Nambozo Nsengiyunva, director of Babishai-Niwe Poetry Foundation, the BN Poetry Award was originally aimed at highlighting poetry by Ugandan women. The first winners were Lilian Akampurira Aujo in 2009, Sophie Brenda Alal in 2010), […]