AM AN AGENT OF CHANGE ------ HABIB AKEWUSOLA

INTRODUCTION: HABIB AKEWUSOLA is a young and talented Nigerian. He has displayed this creativity through his pen by writing poems in various Nigeria Newspapers. He is an agent of change and a future Nigeria Leader. I present to you a little chat that I had with Mr. Habib.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

I  am  Habib  Omolade  Akewusola,  100l  Islamic  studies University  of  Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara  state, Nigeria. I am also a poet with various publications in National dailies in Nigeria.

YOU’VE BEEN KNOWN FOR POEM WRITING IN NIGERIA. HOW DO YOU FEEL AS A POET?

Let  me  give  glory  to  Almighty  Allah  for  the  continuous  flow  of  inspiration. It should also be noted that the Nigeria community is presently in a problematic state. As a poet, there is   continuous cry and protest of emotions through my 26 letters. I also feel fulfilled for the caliber of great minds I meet on a regular basis.     

MANY PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT LITERARY APPRECIATION IS DYING IN NIGERIA. WHAT’S YOUR TAKE ON THIS?

Yes  I  will  agree  that  literary  appreciation  is  dying gradually in  Nigeria. The community we find ourselves isn’t an organized one. Nigerians now forget art is the backbone of humanity. The creation of man itself is a wonderful work of art. We the writers/ artists should fuse in together development of the physical life directly into our work so as to reflect directly into every contemporary human mind. Our government must reignite cultural events; festivals should also become a regular practice. 

  

ARE THERE DISPARITIES IN THE POEMS WRITTEN BY NIGERIA POETS AND OTHER POETS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES?

No, there can’t be disparities. The  great  Achebe (rip) said: ”when a man  that  eats  another  type  of  food, wears another colour of  skin different from yours, reads your  literary work and  their seems to be a sense of communication then you just crossed barriers”. This made me understand poetry is the same everywhere you go, one can either write to fight or express love for your immediate society or you write for the same cause universally. Every writer has a divine style, once you remain original and dream well then your work will go fathered than your  thoughts.

IT’S BEEN NOTED THAT YOU ARE EMBARKING ON A PROJECT THAT WOULD SEE TO THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION IN ALL ASPECT ON CAMPUS. WHAT IS THE INITIATIVE ABOUT?

 Yes, very  true, a balanced  youth  newspaper  to  be  named  CAMPUS  VAPOR  is  on  the pipeline and by next session  October/November  2013  a  test run  copy  of  about  4,000 Copies  would  be  printed  and  distributed  to  relevant  agencies  for  comments. Lots  of  literary  brands would be popularized by this same time, like WORDS  SO  SWEET (Strictly  for  publication  of  poetry, fiction, non-fiction  and  short  stories) . It already has a facebook fan page/group page plus a twitter handle. This dream would be transformed into prints soon.   There’s also this big project which would be the testimony of change and total brainwashing of Nigerian youths to hold tightly her valuable position in our Nigerian community. Am  not  in  the  best  position  to  talk  about much about the laudable initiative but I  can  assure  you  our   positive virus would soon consume the entire Nigeria youths. This initiative is all about change in the whole system. I am an agent of change.