Tag: Konya Shamsrumi

  • Konya Shamsrumi Releases Funmi Gaji and Rasaq Malik Gbolahan  

    Konya Shamsrumi Releases Funmi Gaji and Rasaq Malik Gbolahan  

    Pan-African poetry publishing collective Konya Shamsrumi to release Funmi Gaji’s The Script of Bruises and Rasaq Malik Gbolahan’s The Other Names of Grief. Are you looking for the finest African poets? Brash new poetry-only publishing house, Konya Shamsrumi, is set to release two new books by Funmi Gaji and Rasaq Malik Gbolahan this February. Founded…

  • Poetry collective Konya Shamsrumi announces SAI Sabouke as Managing Editor

    Poetry collective Konya Shamsrumi announces SAI Sabouke as Managing Editor

    The poet, SAI Sabouke, was appointed the Managing Editor of poetry collective Konya Shamsrumi, on October 28, 2019. Konya Shamsrumi, an Africa-centric, traditional-style, royalties-paying publishing house, was founded by the then five-member #KSRCollective (Kechi Nomu, Umar Sidi, Richard Ali, Funmi Gaji and Rasaq Malik Gbolahan) in November 2017. It quickly gained continental attention with its…

  • Poets Dami Ajayi and Umar Sidi meet at Konya Shamsrumi’s #MeetingOfBards.

    Poets Dami Ajayi and Umar Sidi meet at Konya Shamsrumi’s #MeetingOfBards.

    Poets Dami Ajayi and Umar Sidi go head-to-head at Konya Shamsrumi’s #MeetingOfBards on June, 2018. #MeetingOfBards is a discussion between two talented poets on their craft, exploring the landscape of ideas and inspiration in Africa Lit, as well as laying emphasis on the tricky issue of the future of poetry. It is an initiative of…