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Night of the Spoken Word (NSW) performance poetry event as part of a movement to insert performance poetry into
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He has three performance poetry videos, a live poetry show (NSW – Night of the Spoken Word), now in its fifth year, and three theatre productions: The "Made in
Nigeria" Poetry Show was shown on stage nine times – in Abuja, Lagos, Enugu, Benin, Bonny, Maiduguri, Yola, Jos, and Ile-Ife – between
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At TEDx
Maitama in September 2017, and at the 23rd Nigeria Economic Summit in October 2017, Chukwumerije's rendition of his poem, "The Wall and The Bridge", attracted widespread public attention to his message of the need for national rebirth and a re-awakening of social consciousness.
129:(ANA) Prize for Prose Fiction and a poetry theatre production made in Nigeria. In October 2018, he traveled to nine Nigerian cities: Abuja, Lagos, Enugu, Benin, Ile-Ife, Maiduguri, Yola, Bonny, and Jos.
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