O-Jeremiah Agbaakin
Doctoral Student & Founding Member
University of Georgia
Author of 'The Sign of the Ram' (APBF/Akashic Books, 2023), selected by Kwame Dawes and Chris Abani. His poems appear in Kenyon Review, POETRY Magazine, TRANSITION, and elsewhere.
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Cave Canem Fellow & PhD Student
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Cave Canem Fellow with MFA from Brown University, currently pursuing PhD at University of Tennessee. His work appears in POETRY Magazine, AGNI, American Poetry Review, and elsewhere.
View Profile →Adebayo Kolawole Samuel
Poet & Tech Writer
Nigeria
Chapbook selected by Chris Abani and Kwame Dawes for the African Poetry Book Fund while balancing tech writing and literary pursuits.
View Profile →Wale Ayinla
Cave Canem Prize Winner & MFA Candidate
University of Mississippi
Author of 'To Cast a Dream' (Jai-Alai Books, 2021) and winner of Cave Canem's 2020 Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize. Finalist for the 2023 Bernadine Evaristo Prize for African Poetry.
View Profile →Adedayo Agarau
Wallace Stegner Fellow & Editor-in-Chief
Stanford University
Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and Cave Canem Fellow. Editor-in-Chief of Agbowo Magazine and Poetry Reviews Editor for The Rumpus. His debut collection 'The Years of Blood' will be published by Fordham University Press.
View Profile →Michael Akuchie
Poet & Personal Essayist
Lagos, Nigeria
Michael writes with quiet intensity about endurance and resilience, exploring how ordinary people discover what they're made of in moments of hardship and unexpected joy.
View Profile →Pamilerin Jacob
Poet & Editor
Nigeria
Pamilerin Jacob is a poet & editor whose poems have appeared in POETRY Magazine, The Rumpus, Frontier Poetry, and elsewhere. Founder of Poetry Column-NND, Poetry Sango-Ota, and Moremi Review.
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