Poet
15 Nov
The wife of a Russian poet jailed for seven years for reciting anti-war verses said she was afraid he could be killed in prison after he was sexually assaulted with a dumbbell during his arrest. Artyom Kamardin was arrested in September 2022 after reciting -- on a Moscow square where dissidents have been gathering since…
7 Jan 2024
BORN in Borno State, poet and peace activist, Maryam Bukar Hassan, popularly known as Alhanislam, recently placed Nigeria on the world map when she penned a heartfelt poem called ‘Peace begins with me’ with Congolese Peacekeeper, Pacifique Akilimali to mark the 75th anniversary of United Nations (UN) Peacekeeping. She used the presentation to discuss the…
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