Welcome to Poemify Podcast: The poetry and arts Talk Show podcast, where we celebrate the beauty and diversity of African art. On today's episode, our host, Oluwatosin Isaac interviews Di MadWriter (Tochukwu Precious Eze), a Nigerian storywriter, poet, publisher, and author of numerous books, including 'Adaeze', 'Agu', and 'Hypnosis.'

Poemify Podcast host, Oluwatosin Isaac interviews Nigerian poet, playwright, and author Iwu Jeff. He talks about his writing journey, hobbies, and the creative writing sphere in Africa. 

Welcome to Poemify Podcast: The poetry and arts Talk Show podcast, where we celebrate the beauty and diversity of African art. On today's episode, our host, Oluwatosin Isaac interviews Nigerian poet, playwright, and author Iwu Jeff. He talks about his book 'Verdict of the Gods', his writing journey, hobbies, and a lot more.

This allegory relates the story of an evolving country, Nigeria, showing the different things she's personified to have done. Symbolism and metaphor help drive home the point that this country that we speak of, although has come a long way, has a whole lot of journey-ing left to do.

"i love the way i’m stared at like the old photograph of a dead relative.

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They come with a cupful of pinned promises

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Ain’t we all blind from the inside?

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“many people have prayed/ some fell in love with the holy spirit/

others engaged the church with Christ on their lips.”

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"some days, when my back is on the ground, i imagine riding a winged horse through the clouds, wearing a rainbow helmet, singing; it’s only a bad day, not a bad life." - Promise Akpa-Esu.

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the last time hunger threatened to kill me,

my mother cut her flesh & fed me.

& when my oesophagus was like a desert that

my saliva wasn’t suffice to wage war against

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