October Blues by Obiageli Iloakasia is a poet’s lamentation about a nation that eats its youths, and the poet has intricately expressed her pain about a promising nation which has lost its sense of direction.

Obiageli Iloakasia tucks in 121 poems, all intricately arranged into four thematic sections. And the free-flowing verses are a testament to Obiageli’s knack for exploring diverse aesthetic forms to deal with contemporary issues about Africa, and beyond.