![]() Abiodun, who feels that the spoken word poets are doing better in this regard than poets who work on the page, said, "Everybody is writing about page poets for giving up their Nigerianness, why is nobody writing about spoken word poets who are still holding on to their Nigerianness?"Ībiodun, known for his revolutionary messages, is one of the best-known spoken word poets, doing important work within the genre in Nigeria. ![]() The work of Nigerian poets has been called into question for seemingly submitting easily to neo-colonial influences, and for not representing the Nigerian reality as it ought to. ![]() Earlier this year, Tobi Abiodun, a popular spoken word poet, took to social media to lament spoken word poets being sidelined from the ongoing discussion about the trajectory of poetry from Nigeria. ![]()
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