Tanure Ojaide

Tanure Ojaide is regarded as a leading voice among the new generation of Nigerian poets. He is the author of several collections of poems, including Daydream of Ants and Delta Blues and ...

I Want to Dance and Other Poems

Tanure Ojaide

A new poetic work by one of Nigeria’s foremost contemporary poets, I Want to Dance is an extended song cycle, divided into three parts. In the song, the poetic voice undergoes a journey of experience from west to east and night to day and reflects upon moving away from and returning to home.

African Books Collective, Oxford