List of Nigerian poets From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Part of a series onNigerians Comedians Writers Scholars Entrepreneurs Actors Film producers Film directors Screenwriters Media personalities Bloggers Musicians Poets Scientists Sportspeople List of Nigeriansvte This is a list of notable poets from Nigeria. Chris Abani Chinua Achebe Catherine Obianuju Acholonu Bayo Adebowale Toyin Adewale-Gabriel Funso Aiyejina Tolu Ajayi Tolu Akinyemi Akilu Aliyu Abdulkareem Baba Aminu Nana Asma’u (1793–1864) Nnorom Azuonye Sueddie Agema Adedayo Agarau Yewande Akinse B Solomon Babalola Lindsay Barrett Philip Begho C John Pepper Clark Chijioke Amu-Nnadi Barmani Choge D E Michael Echeruo Amatoritsero Ede Edoheart F Femi Fani-Kayode Peter Fatomilola G Alhaji Garba Gashuwa Bakare Gbadamosi H Helon Habila Obo Aba Hisanjani I Tade Ipadeola J John Jea Onwuchekwa Jemie L Logan February M Mamman Shata Muhammad Bello dan Fodio N Okey Ndibe Echezonachukwu Nduka Uche Nduka O Godspower Oboido Odia Ofeimun Dr. Tanure Ojaide Gabriel Okara Diego Odoh Okenyodo Christopher Okigbo Ben Okri Olatubosun Oladapo Sam Oritsetimeyin Omatseye Dennis Osadebay Okinba Launko a.k.a. Femi Osofisan Niyi Osundare R Remi Raji Romeo Oriogun S Ken Saro-Wiwa Mabel Segun Lola Shoneyin Wole Soyinka U Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike Rems Umeasiegbu Uthman dan Fodio V Mamman Jiya Vatsa Jumoke Verissimo vteLists of poetsBy language Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Assamese Awadhi Belarusian Bengali Bosnian Bulgarian Catalan Chinese Croatian Danish Dutch English Estonian Finnish French German Greek (Ancient) Gujarati Hebrew Hindi Icelandic Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Kashmiri Konkani Kannada Korean Kurdish Latin Maithili Malayalam Maltese Manipuri Marathi Nepali Oriya Pashto Pennsylvania Dutch Persian Polish Portuguese Punjabi Rajasthani Romanian Russian Sanskrit Sindhi Slovak Slovenian Sorbian Spanish Swedish Syriac Tamil Telugu Turkic Ukrainian Urdu Uzbek Welsh Yiddish By nationalityor culture Afghan American Argentine Australian Austrian Bangladeshi Bosniak Brazilian Breton Bulgarian Canadian Chicano Estonian Finnish Ghanaian Greek Indian Iraqi Irish Israeli Mexican Nepalese New Zealander Nicaraguan Nigerian Ottoman Pakistani Peruvian Romani Romanian Saudi Somali South African Swedish Swiss Syrian Turkish By type Anarchist Early-modern women (England, Wales, Great Britain) Feminist Lyric Modernist National Performance Romantic Speculative Surrealist War Women Poetry portal Related Articles
