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Kolomental and the Elephant in the Room – Our Mental health | Professor Kingsley O. Akhigbe | University of Benin

Tolu Akinyemi’s poem “Everybody don Kolomental,” was read and analysed as a case study by Professor Kingsley Oalei Akhigbe, Professor of Psychiatry, in the 293rd Inaugural Lecture Series at the University of...

Lion & Lilac Presents a Black History Month Special at North Shields & District Men’s Catholic Club

Lion & Lilac presents a Black History Month Special showcasing leading black voices in North-East, England. Tolu’ A. Akinyemi, Omotayo Sangofadeji, Papi Jeovani, Mwelwa Chilekwa, Fred Chyke, and Georgia May will perform...

Black History Month: Raise a Glass for Black Excellence

It’s been a bitter-sweet couple of weeks for me. Sweet because my career is on the ascendancy. I resumed in my dream job in the second line of defence within the United...

Multiple Award-Winning Poet Tolu’ A. Akinyemi – The Lion of Newcastle announces North-East Spoken Word Tour for Autumn 2023

Multiple Award-winning poet and storyteller Tolu A. Akinyemi, aka The Lion of Newcastle, will be touring selected venues across the North East this Autumn. Come along and see him perform pieces from...

Four Poems | Tolu’ A. Akinyemi

Structures of Criminality We are breaking the structures of criminality one brick at a time. We are obidient to deconstructing the brigandage that is our eternal reality. We are dismantling the status...

Nigerian Poet Makes Poetry History, releases collection of Financial Crime Compliance Poems

Notable Nigerian poet, essayist, storyteller, and children’s author Tolu’ A. Akinyemi’s latest collection of poems, ‘Architects of a Cleaner Financial System’ etches his name in the poetry hall of fame. Acclaimed Nigerian...

Three Poems | Tolu’ A. Akinyemi

Fading Cloud The morning is a cloud Overshadowing the gloom of night’s dark. The morning is a growing tree Spreading fearless wings. The morning dew Washes gales of intense sorrow. Pour libations...

With his Twentieth Published Work “The Morning Cloud is Empty” Multiple Award-Winning Newcastle-Based Nigerian Author reaches Incredible Milestone.

Notable Nigerian poet, essayist, storyteller and children’s author, Tolu’ A. Akinyemi’s latest collection of poems, ‘The Morning Cloud is Empty’ adds the prodigious Nigerian talent to the illustrious rank of Authors with...

Multiple Award-Winning Author releases first collection of poems for Young People

Notable poet, essayist, storyteller and children’s author, Tolu’ A. Akinyemi’s latest collection of poems, ‘You Need More Than Dreams’ is a collection of didactic and instructive poems targeted at young people and...

Career Lessons from 2022

In the last quarter of 2019, I was opportune to work on the testing and implementation of the CLM program of an investment bank in Canary Wharf, London, which came with a...