CENTRE OF WEST AFRICAN STUDIES
University of Birmingham
2nd floor, Arts Building
(0121-414-5128)
Tuesday March 1st 2011
at 5.05pm in the Danford Room
A reading by two distinguished Nigerian poets
FEMI OYEBODE
&
TOLU OGUNLESI
FEMI OYEBODE is Professor of Psychiatry at the university of Birmingham. He has also published several books of poems, including a volume of Selected Poems published in the Kraftgriots series in 2003. He has been an Honorary Fellow in CWAS for many years.
TOLU OGUNLESI is a highly regarded poet and cultural commentator. In 2009 he won the Arts & Culture Award at the CNN African Journalist of the Year Awards for his story, ‘What the Truck?’, which was chosen from among 836 entries from 38 nations across the African continent. He is currently enrolled on the MA in Creative Writing at University of East Anglia.
Tolu Ogunlesi 
Greetings sir,
I am a 19 years old medical student by the name Lucius Ndimele, with great interest in creative writing. I have written over 100 poems and have worked with poets like Uche Umez and John Otu.
Please if in any way you can help me in actualizing my dreams of being a a professional poet I will be very much indebted.
Best of lucks