Jumoke Verissimo
Jumoke Verissimo (born 26 December 1979 in Lagos) is a Nigerian poet, novelist, children's writer and critic. Jumoke was born in Lagos. She has a master's degree in African studies (performance) from the University of Ibadan and a bachelor's degree in English literature from the Lagos State University. She has worked as an editor, sub-editor, copywriter and a freelance journalist for major newspapers such as The Guardian and NEXT. Jumoke now lives in Canada with her daughter and works as an Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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- We know fear. We are not afraid. Our concern is that this power we carry is nothing before those who do not know what it means to be strong.
- How could we not have known that our land drinks only young blood
We ask for bread; it gives us stone; we ask to live it takes our breath We stand up tall; it cuts our legs; we sit wearily; it shoots us down Don’t we know it already, don’t we? To age in this land, is to arrive in a grave?
