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in 1989. He was called to the bar in 1991 and has worked for many years as a human rights activist with Nigeria's Civil Liberties Organization (CLO). He also attended Cornell University, from where he obtained his PhD in 2008. He also holds the Master of Fine Art (MFA) in poetry, and a PhD in English
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was published in 1998 by Kraft Books; a second edition was published in 2008 by Africa World Press It is 69 pages long, a collection "largely written in (and bordering on) the military era of Nigeria... describing the despicable situation of the Nigerian society during the period in question." As a
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Ifowodo is a well-known poet and writer. He has published op-ed articles in virtually all of Nigeria's major newspapers. He wrote the fortnightly column "For Crying Out LOUD!" in Vanguard until July 2016. He has also published four books of poetry and his poems have been widely published in several
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In 2014, Ifowodo returned to Nigeria from the United States where he had done postgraduate studies and taught for thirteen years. He sought the nomination of the All Progressive Party for a seat in the House of Representatives but, hampered by inadequate financial resources, did not get past the
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and was published by Africa World Press. It is 90 pages long. In it, Ifowodo "captures the angst, the failed hopes and the glaring despair of this generation." The collection won the ANA/Cadbury poetry prize in 2003.
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It was hailed as "a work of "entrancing quality," with a "familiar strangeness... The authenticity of the voice and the resonance that dot every line, are the stuff great and enduring poetry is made of."
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regime for calling for stronger sanctions against the dictatorship. He was incarcerated, along other human rights activists, writers, and journalists, including his friends and writer
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and Babafemi Ojudu. He was never tried nor released until 1998, following sustained campaigns by Nigerian and international human writers and writer organisations. He was awarded the
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primaries. He had tried unsuccessfully to raise 57 million naira for the bid. In 2016, Ifowodo was appointed to the
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and literary journals across the world, including Voices from all Over: Poems with Notes and Activities,
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manuscript, it won the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Poetry Prize in 1993.
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In 1997, while returning from a Commonwealth Heads of Governments Summit in
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In 2016, Ifowodo released his fourth collection of poetry titled
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New Word Award of Poets of All Nations based in the Netherlands.
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Honorary membership of the PEN Centres of USA, Germany, Canada.
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Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Poetry (1996)
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Excerpts from his detention memoirs have been published in
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PEN USA Barbara Goldsmith Freedom-to-Write Award (2008).
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