Poets from Nigeria include:
- Nana Asma’u (1793â€"1864)
- Toyin Adewale-Gabriel
- Philip Begho
- John Pepper Clark
- Uche Nduka
- Dr. Tanure Ojaide
- Gabriel Okara
- Diego Odoh Okenyodo
- Christopher Okigbo
- Olatubosun Oladapo
- Dennis Osadebay
- Okinba Launko Aka Femi Osofisan
- Niyi Osundare
- Remi Raji
- Ken Saro-Wiwa
- Wole Soyinka
- Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike
- Rems Umeasiegbu
- Godspower Oboido
- Tade Ipadeola
- Lola Shoneyin
- Jumoke Verissimo
- Echezonachukwu Nduka
External links
- http://books.google.com.ng/books/about/Prayer_for_the_Mwalimu.html?id=MBMrAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
- http://books.google.com.ng/books/about/Bard_on_the_Shore.html?id=kgvBcQAACAAJ&redir_esc=y
- http://www.thenationonlineng.net/archive2/tblnews_Detail.php?id=67119
- http://nationalmirroronline.net/new/arojah-storms-festina-2013/