Description
Poetry. Music. Erotica. "A grown-up literary confection that does what verse written by men seems to seldom do these days: celebrate male strength by exploring in all its big-hearted glory, ...its vulnerability, honesty... and, yes, avid beauty."—Sharon Leach
Author Bio
Fabian Adekunle Badejo is a literary critic and author of SOS: SEASON OF STORMS (House of Nehesi Publishers, 2021), FANTASIES: LOVE-MAKING POEMS (House of Nehesi Publishers, 2018), Claude—A Portrait of Power, Salted Tongues—Modern Literature in St.Martin, and MAROON LIVES (House of Nehesi Publishers, 2013). His literary essay "Negritude in the Forgotten Territories: Lasana Mwanza Sekou and Aimé Césaire" appears in Negritude: Legacy and Present Relevance. Badejo coordinated the 1982 groundbreaking St. Maarten Festival of Culture (SMAFESTAC). He has produced concerts by kaisonian Mighty Dow and humorists Paul Keens Douglas and Fernando Clark. Badejo has directed plays and film documentaries and presented scholarly papers on St. Martin's literature and culture at regional and international conferences. Between 1989 and 2005, the former Nigerian diplomat was managing director/editor, publisher, and news director respectively of The St. Maarten Guardian, St. Martin Business Week, and Today Newspaper. For over 30 years, Badejo has produced and hosted PJD2's Culture Time, the longest running weekly cultural magazine on radio in St. Martin.
Author City: ST. MARTIN NAN