Segun Akinlolu
Also known as Beautiful Nubia, a name under which he has recorded three music albums (Seven Lifes, Voice From Heaven and Jamgbalajugbu), he has been twice nominated for the South African Kora All-Africa Music Awards. A member of The League of Canadian Poets, The Songwriters Association of Canada and the Association of Nigerian Authors, he has been featured in several anthologies, including 25 New Nigerian Poets. He is also the author of a poetry CD titled On A Cold Evening. His website: http://www.beautifulnubia.com/
Articles by this Author
A Word Merchant’s Logbook
- By Segun Akinlolu
- Published 08/5/2003
- Life Abroad
- Unrated
I am received like a state dignitary at the Canadian High Commission in London and given a tour of the facility. “This is what we do for visiting Canadian artists”, I am told. Meanwhile the Nigerian High Commission in London never responded to my manager’s e-mail about my impending visit…
Afrofest In The Park
- By Segun Akinlolu
- Published 08/5/2003
- Life Abroad
-
Rating:
Nadine’s enthusiasm for Africa would shame most Nigerians. We are so much into being other people that we lose all sense of identity. We would rather embrace the artificial and empty cultures imposed on us by the mass media than seek answers in our own culture, music, and arts…
The Oral Tradition: Performance and the Revival of the Book
- By Segun Akinlolu
- Published 08/5/2003
- Introspective
- Unrated
The naturally gifted poet of African extraction who is well steeped in his culture would always find the four corners of a page too limiting. Performance allows the words to grow legs, gives imagery colour and lends credibility to the position taken. The book suddenly comes alive for the reader!
A Bearded Poet Does Harare
- By Segun Akinlolu
- Published 11/14/2002
- Life Abroad
- Unrated
We must find pride again in our culture. We must find fun in our healthy games, magic in our stories, strength in our tight family bonds, joy in the midst of all the problems caused by the haste with which our societies were modernised...
Moro Street
- By Segun Akinlolu
- Published 11/12/2002
- Nigeria Matters
-
Rating:
No Sandra baby, I'd rather be a single 'local champion' than a married Lagos hustler pushing a rickety car to keep his demanding wife happy...
Africa's Day In Calgary
- By Segun Akinlolu
- Published 09/9/2002
- Life Abroad
- Unrated
Poor kid, probably thinking Africa is on another planet and you guys must have travelled in a space ship to get here…in my days as a child, all we knew about Africa were the animals…
