I've written a couple of poems and have always been an aficionado of the Art. Creating the cover art for a brother's first full length poem collection is something I've always looked forward to and I'm glad with the way things turned out. °°° Uche Ogbuji is a Calabar-born poet and spoken word artist, now living in Colorado. He went to Uni at Nsukka, and was steeped in the ambient feel from Arts inspired by traditional Ùrì crafts, and inspired by the Nsukka School of the Line. In his own words, being half Igbo and half Umon (from Cross River), Nsibidi was originally written by the Ejagham themselves and also ancestral mysteries before his eyes, including many of the mysteries inspire him to write. "Ńchéfù is Igbo for forgetting, misplacement. These are poems of a child born in the age of decolonization, and specifically in the very aftermath of the sort of destructive civil war colonial exploitation made inevitable. These are poems of a child who was raised through a whirlwind of global travel, led by his parents in search of a future for their family. The poet eventually came to realize he must first forgive himself his muddled identity before the great rivers of his bloodline will forgive him his estrangement." ~ Uche Ogbuji This is his first full-length book of poems, Ńchéfù Road which will be coming out this summer. Follow up @blackspringpressgroup for more update on the official publishing date. #igbo #igbobinnaeze #mmanka #poem #art #uli #nsibidi (at Nsukka) https://www.instagram.com/p/CefItNpIRhR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
