Dami Ajayi

Dami Àjàyí
Born Damilola Ajayi
Nationality Nigerian
Alma mater Obafemi Awolowo University
Occupation Writer, medical doctor, critic
Website www.damiajayi.com

Dami Àjàyí is a Nigerian poet, medical doctor, and music critic. Along with Emmanuel Iduma, he co-founded Saraba Magazine in 2008. He is the author of two collections of poetry and a chapbook.

Biography

Ajayi was born in Nigeria in 1986. While he was an undergraduate of medicine at the Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, he met Emmanuel Iduma with whom he would found Saraba Magazine.

Poetry

His first collection of poems, Clinical Blues, was shortlisted for the Melita Hume Prize in 2012.[1][2] In 2011, he was listed among the "Eight Young Nigerian Poets Whose Poems Delight" on the Sentinel UK Poetry Blog[3]

In 2017, his second collection of poetry, A Woman's Body is a Country, was published by Ouida Books)[4] Of the work, Ajayi says "I wanted my book to show how the noun "affection" becomes a verb, and in my attempt I was drawing from a personal reservoir, hoping that my experiences are singular as well as universal."[5] He has been described as one who "writes about love like liquor that drowns a person into his or her feelings."[6]

Prose and criticism

Ajayi has written short stories that have been published in Nigeria and abroad. He currently provides critical reviews about Nigerian music to a number of online publications.

Books

  • Clinical Blues (2014)
  • A Woman's Body is a Country (2017)

References

  1. ↑ "Dami Ajayi | Badilisha Poetry – Pan-African Poets". badilishapoetry.com. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  2. ↑ "E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG: Melita Hume Poetry Prize Shortlist: #11 DAMI AJAYI". E Y E W E A R, THE BLOG. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  3. ↑ "CITADEL OF LIFE". citadeloflife1.blogspot.com.ng. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  4. ↑ "A Woman's Body is a Country: Africa's most anticipated poetry collection". This Is Africa. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  5. ↑ "Each Collection Dictates Its Own Process: Conversation with Dami Ajayi". This Is Africa Lifestyle. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
  6. ↑ "DAMI SKILLFULLY CONVEYS MEANINGS IN "A WOMAN'S BODY IS A COUNTRY"". WRR PUBLISHERS LTD. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-23.
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