Mother Africa

POETRY

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Rooted in the rhythms of performance and the pulse of history, Mother Africa is a poetic exploration of identity, culture, and resistance. Through evocative verse, the collection weaves together ancestral memory, political struggle, and the enduring spirit of the African continent.

Drawing from Yoruba tradition, mythology, and oral storytelling, the poems unfold as chants of defiance and songs of survival. They capture the voices of warriors, revolutionaries, and everyday people whose lives shape and are shaped by the forces of history.

From the cadence of ritual to the echoes of protest, Mother Africa is both a lyrical tribute and a call to remembrance.

Pelumi Folajimi pursues a career as a Lecturer at the Department of Dramatic Arts, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He had lived and studied at Abeokuta, a city whose rituals, oral traditions, and culture of literacy, along with the city’s early exposure to Western education, have influenced his worldviews and political ideology. Invested in philosophy and human rights activism, Folajimi has studied enormously in the fields of English Studies and Literature, Theatre Studies and Dramatic Arts, African Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature and Philosophy. Folajimi’s poetry is rooted in history, politics, and African rituals. His creative writings are compelled by political activism, African cultural epistemology, global Black radical activism, and Pan-African Philosophy.