Remi Raji
Encyclopedia
Aderemi Raji-Oyelade is a Nigerian poet
, writing in English
. He is popularly known by his pen name, Remi Raji. A Salzburg Fellow and visiting professor and writer to a number of institutions including Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
, Universities of California at Riverside and Irvine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
, and Cambridge University, UK, Raji’s scholarly essays have appeared in journals including Research in African Literatures and African Literature Today. He has read his poems widely in Africa, Europe and America. In 2005, he served as the Guest Writer to the City of Stockholm, Sweden. His other volumes of poetry include Webs of remembrance (2001), Shuttlesongs America: A poetic guided tour (2003), Lovesong for my wasteland (2005) and Gather my blood rivers of song (2009). Raji’s works have been translated into French, German, Catalan, Swedish, Ukrainian, and Latvian. He has been an Alexander von Humboldt Scholar to Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. He currently teaches Literature and Creative Writing in the Department of English, University of Ibadan
, Nigeria.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, writing in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. He is popularly known by his pen name, Remi Raji. A Salzburg Fellow and visiting professor and writer to a number of institutions including Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, commonly abbreviated SIUE, is a four-year coed public university in Edwardsville, Illinois about from St. Louis, Missouri. SIUE was established in 1957 as an extension of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and is the younger of the two largest...
, Universities of California at Riverside and Irvine, University of Cape Town, South Africa
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa and the second oldest extant university in Africa.-History:The roots of...
, and Cambridge University, UK, Raji’s scholarly essays have appeared in journals including Research in African Literatures and African Literature Today. He has read his poems widely in Africa, Europe and America. In 2005, he served as the Guest Writer to the City of Stockholm, Sweden. His other volumes of poetry include Webs of remembrance (2001), Shuttlesongs America: A poetic guided tour (2003), Lovesong for my wasteland (2005) and Gather my blood rivers of song (2009). Raji’s works have been translated into French, German, Catalan, Swedish, Ukrainian, and Latvian. He has been an Alexander von Humboldt Scholar to Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. He currently teaches Literature and Creative Writing in the Department of English, University of Ibadan
University of Ibadan
The University of Ibadan is the oldest Nigerian university, and is located five miles from the centre of the major city of Ibadan in Western Nigeria...
, Nigeria.
External links
- Remi Raji's Selected Poems in the Dublin Quarterly
- Sule E. Egya, The Nationalist Imagination in Remi Raji's Lovesong for My Wasteland in Research in African Literatures, Winter 2007, Vol. 38, No. 4, Pages 111-126