Ogaga IFOWODO

2000
  • Africa
  • Western Africa
  • Nigeria
English

Ogaga IFOWODO (born 1966, Oleh, Edo State) is project director of the Civil Liberties Organization in Lagos and a legal practitioner. His publications include Home Land and Other Poems (Kraft Books, Ibadan), Selected Poems (published as a bilingual German-English edition), and numerous articles, including the Annual Human Rights Report of the Civil Liberties Organization. He was educated at the University of Benin and the Nigerian Law School. Mr. Ifowodo is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association and the Association of Nigerian Authors. He is taking part in the IWP through a grant from the U.S. Department of State.

Happening Now

  • We regret the passing, on April 11, 2024, of the distinguished Romanian author and critic Dan Cristea, who served as the editor in chief of the Luceafărul de Dimineață cultural monthly. In addition to being an alum of the 1985 Fall Residency, Cristea received his PhD in Comparative Literature at the University of Iowa.

  • Our congratulations to 1986 Fall Residency writer Kwame Dawes, who has been named the new poet laureate of Jamaica.

  • Congratulations to our colleagues Jennifer Croft and Aron Aji, who are among those serving as judges for the National Book Awards this year, in their case in the category of translated literature.

  • Ranjit Hoskote’s speech at the 2024 Goa Literary Festival addresses the current situation in Gaza.

  • In NY Times, Bina Shah worries about the state of Pakistani—and American—democracy.

(more)

Find Us Online