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Life lessons from Tolu Akinyemi’s ‘booktiful’ love
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By Chukwuma Ajakah
In his collection of poems titled A Booktiful Love, UK-based Nigerian poet, Tolu’ Akinyemi, explores the vicissitudes of life from diverse perspectives.
The 63-page book published by Roaring Lions Newcastle (2020) features 48 poems that focus on topical issues such as the phenomenal Coronavirus pandemic scare and its aftermath, sex for marks scandals in the ivory tower, domestic violence, election rigging, ethnic profiling, and politics of exclusion, revolution, and xenophobia.
The anthology is divided into three broad parts. Part 1 features 16 poems which include Isolation, Bury Me in a Library, It’s Okay Not to feel Okay, Write for Rights, Your Dreams Are Valid, Trial and Error, A Date with Hope, and Life Lessons.