nantygreens is putting together an anthology of poetry as part of a series of activities marking Professor Oloruntoba-Oju’s 50th birthday. nantygreens seeks poems that celebrate Professor Oloruntoba-Oju’s ideological vision, commitment, and consistency, her vibrant contributions to the critical reception of African and African Diaspora Literature, and her selflessness in transforming lives in the academia. nantygreens would appreciate poems that are rooted in African oral tradition, postcolonial politics and democracy, freedom, justice, love, and gender issues.
Poems should be written in English, maximum of 50 lines. Each other is allowed to submit up to three poems. Accept previously published poems. If submitting already published poems, indicate appropriately when and where the poem(s) submitted have previously been published. Poems submitted must be original as plagiarized poems will be disqualified.
Provide brief biographical information about yourself. All contributions should be sent to tayoojuatfifty@gmail.com. The deadline for all submissions is March 30, 2016.
The anthology will be co-edited by Sola Owonibi and Daniel Ajayi, both of the Department of English Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko.
Deadline: March 30, 2016.
About Professor Oloruntoba-Oju
She teaches in the Department of English Studies, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. Her several academic papers were written on African Drama & Cinema, Caribbean Literature, African American Literature, among others. As the pioneer and current Director of Ajasin Varsity Theatre (AVT), she has directed a number of convocation plays for the institution, including Once Upon Four Robbers by Femi Osofisan, Aikin Mata (The Lysistrata of Aristophanes), translated and adapted by T.W. Harrison and James Simmons, and Ola Rotimi’s Kurunmi. She also has directed several theatre productions such as Wole Soyinka’s The Trials of Brother Jero & The Lion and the Jewel, Ola Rotimi’s Our Husband Has Gone Mad Again, and many more. She is a member of Association of Nigerian Authors.