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Romeo Oriogun

Romeo Oriogun’s poems have been published in Expond, Dissidents blog, African Writer, Connotation Press, Brittle Paper, and elsewhere. He’s the winner of the 2017 Brunel International African Prize for Poetry and was shortlisted for 2017 Brittle Paper Prize for Poetry and the 2018 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets. He’s the author of the chapbooks, Burnt Men (Praxis) and The Origin Of Butterflies (APBF). He lives and writes in Accra, Ghana.


Articles by Romeo Oriogun

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Monday June 24

Goodbye From this River: Romeo Oriogun Remembers Binyavanga Wainaina

“You gave me a language that is brazen, that is without shame, that is human… Binj, goodbye from this river. May every shore you touch give you what you will demand to lead you home.”