At AIPFest 2026, Michael Imossan and Tares Oburumu read poems on memory, language and colonial inheritance. Vic’Adex reflects on decolonisation and cultural choice.
The Weight of Becoming: What Strength Passes Down A review of Gideon Adeyeye’s poetry collection Vic’Adex · October 2026 A boy runs to his father after his brother comes home bleeding. He expects intervention. Instead, his father asks what he intends to do about it. In First Child, the opening poem of Gideon Adeyeye’s The […]
Nothing About Me Was Wasted: Who Gets to Decide What You Are Worth? A review of Folawe Mustapha’s debut poetry collection Vic’Adex · October 2026 “A response can take a whole afternoon to cross the distance between us.” That image, from Folawe Mustapha’s Nothing About Me Was Wasted, stayed with me because of how ordinary […]
Before the Heaviness On Lilian Onyinye Okoloye’s The Life I Learnt to Carry Vic’Adex · September 2026 A review of Lilian Onyinye Okoloye’s The Life I Learnt to Carry Before ever having to carry grief, responsibilities, or the other burdens of adulthood, there was a girl living beneath a familiar roof, nursing dreams that had […]
Atun Ra Wa Bi: Rebirthing Ourselves By Vic’Adex · March 2026 Exhibition appraisal. Originally included in the “Appraisal Highlights” section of the Atun Ra Wa Bi catalogue, page 9, credited to Adetimilehin Inioluwa Victor. The work also sits inside a specific civic moment. It was created around the presentation of a sculptural portrait to the […]