OLOLADESATIRIC

Formal Invitation to Book Launch, :WE THE PEOPLE Sequel to the successful release and readings from her book, “We The People”, at the recently concluded 2017 Lagos Book and Arts Festival, Author Ololade Ajayi is set to launch her collection of the satiric poems reflecting her orientation about the state of the Nation and depicting a deep sense of indebtedness to one’s root. WE THE PEOPLE BY OLOLADE AJAYI WE THE PEOPLE The book, “We the People” is divided into five parts namely: 1 Infamous Laments (Satires on the state of the Nation, Nigeria) 2 Lagos, the Rumi 3 Orisun, the source (poems written in Ekiti dialect) 4 Dialectical love poems and lastly 5 Faculty of " Mentaphors"  (the author’s version of metaphorical poems). The title poem, “We The People” travels one through the journey of Nigeria, pre and post-independence, only to arrive at a destination Nigerians are yet to reach but anticipates eagerly: 2019. The book reviewer at the Launch...

Book announcement: “WE THE PEOPLE”! Newly Released collection of Poems. WE THE PEOPLE In a period of grim political transactions, eroding morality and less value for culture, satire is the most appropriate method of re-presenting national discourse on salient issues in an unconventional manner. The collection of poems in the book “ We the People” perfectly reflects these. The Author of the Poetry Collection, Ololade Ajayi, describes “ We the People” as a form of protest writing in order to address the ills in her country: Nigeria and the world at large. The book has been released on Saturday 4 th November 2017, in Lagos state Nigeria. We the people consist of five parts namely: ·         Infamous laments: Satiric Poems for country ·         Lagos, the Rumi ·         Orisun, the source : poems in Ekiti dialect ·         ...