Tag: Umar Sidi

  • Konya Shamsrumi Press publishes Richard Ali, Umar Sidi Poetry Collections.

    Konya Shamsrumi Press publishes Richard Ali, Umar Sidi Poetry Collections.

    Richard Ali’s The Anguish and Vigilance of Things and Umar Sidi’s The Poet of Dust were published by Konya Shamsrumi Press last week. Konya Shamsrumi Press is built around the four-member KSR Collective which comprises Richard Ali, Umar Sidi, Funmi Gaji and Rasaq Malik Gbolahan. Its objective is to create a new publishing house and…

  • 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…