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The First Annual Scribes’ Prize

Are you a closet poet?
Hiding your light under a bushel?
Do you sometimes wonder what would happen if someone read your poem and gave it the recognition it deserves?
Would you like that to happen?

Here’s your chance. The first Annual Scribes’ Prize will be announced in September 2009. You could be the winner, but not if your poem is still hidden in your notebook. Why not submit a poem or two to the Scribes and see what happens. If you do that before 27th of March, you have the chance to:

Have your poem judged by 3 distinguished Nigerian academics
Win a cash prize
Even if you’re not one of the winners, yours could still be one of the 300 poems published in the first Scribes’ Prize anthology
Attend a high profile award ceremony

To enter, you have to be
 A Nigerian, whether living in Nigeria or abroad
 Between 11 and 40
 Have one or two poems, no longer than 40 lines or 300 words long
Have it sent before 27th March to International.office@scribesprize.org

Visit http://www.scribesprize.org for further details.
To check guidelines, visit http://www.scribesprize.org/guidelines_submissions
Email: International.office@scribesprize.org
Telephone: +44(0)1524888502. Mobile: +44(0)7817734663

Sage Has.son Presents 'Twinke Twinkle Superstar'

Nigeria’s spoken word performance poet, Sage Has.son launched his highly anticipated second album Twinkle Twinke Superstar at a listening party held at the Lydos Bar & Cafe, Victoria Island on the evening of Sunday, the 8th of March 2009.

The event kicked off with a soulful performance from Bez, which was followed by an adlib-filled rendition of Bob Marley’s ‘Turn Your Lights Down Low’ and an original piece composed and performed acapella by Pamela for Sage himself. The night continued in that fashion with artistes performing from a variety of genres such as soul, rock, Afro, hip hop and rap in between the listening and viewing of Sage’s work, both old and new.

Sex, love, relationships, rebellion, spirituality are all themes which Sage explores in his new album. If I had to choose a favourite track it would be the catchy radio-friendly ‘Dance’ which starts off with a sultry husky female voice repeating, ‘I will make you dance’, this is followed by a musical rap by Sage. Sage performed the remix of the song later in the night with Ade Piper. That’s not all that caught my attention; ‘Screw Poem’ is one title that I won’t forget. Others include ‘Shine (remix)’ ‘Hey Love’ and ‘Black Jesus’ just to mention a few. Kraft, Jesse Jagz, T.O.D., Joe Kenny and Mendo all worked on producing the album.

The event also featured performances from Sista Soul, Mode Nine, Nnenna, Toba Gold, Ayo, Femi Jubal and Itu Baba. The audience which was packed boasted of the likes of Obiwon, Djinee and Blaise. The night closed with announcement from Sage’s manager who said the cd would be available on the streets, in other words-Go ask your vendor and drive up the demand.

In all, the event was a success as evidenced in the large turnout and media presence from NTA’s camera crew to newspaper reporters from NEXT, this super star is shining all the way through!