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We-Men

PENLIT SERIES: WE-MEN by Odedele Akinwande

This week on our PenLit Series, young poet Odedele Akinwande wrote on the title WE-MEN. According to him, the poem is focused on Rape. Akinwande explained that his motif behind this poem was to contribute his voice in the fight against rape irrespective of gender. He said that from the title WE-MEN, it depicts that rape has no gender. He also portrays his poem signifying that justice hasn’t been done enough to the perpetrators of …

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Odedele Akinwande

#CreativeZone: Can We Truly Keep This Up? – Odedele Akinwande

Hello! It is our #CreativeZone Day with Odedele Akinwande. AKINWANDE is a lover of words, he believes there’s so much wisdom concealed in words. Hence, he seeks to unravel the depths of wisdom by exploring the strengths of words. He does this as a creative; writing songs, poetry and generally, all things creative. He has many poems to his name, and a debut single titled Bialabaku. The poem is a Free Verse. According to poet …

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