A siege of bandits

Book review
Title: Where is the Gun?
Author:   Sam Omatseye
Publisher: Sunshot Associates, Nigeria
Year of Publication: 2024
Pagination:   84
Reviewer: Henry Akubuiro
 
The poet bids his time in multiple verses and stanzas, and the joy of reading comes in snatches, unlike the circus ringmaster. Sometimes reading a poem ends with a wry face. In this part of the world, the poet has more social obligation towards a derailed society. Perhaps there is no other place in Africa than in Nigeria where this is more pronounced. The Nigerian poet is not solely preoccupied with dazzling the audience with florid diction, meters or rhymes. The stakes are higher in a dysfunction...