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Category: Book Reviews

Looking Back and Looking Forward: A Review of Tolu’ A. Akinyemi’s The Morning Cloud is Empty

  • tolutoludo
  • April 16, 2024
  • Book Reviews
The Morning Cloud is Empty is a collage of rich imageries from a past so young that it is cradled in the present. More succinctly, this book very well captures the expression;...
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Guiding Young People In Verse: A Review of ‘You Need More Than Dreams’ by Tolu A. Akinyemi | Review By Roseline Mgbodichinma

  • tolutoludo
  • March 20, 2024
  • Book Reviews
“We carry dreams like pregnant clouds. Our aspirations are fallacious fallacies.” Multiple award-winning writer Tolu A. Akinyemi, also known as Tolutoludo, with over twenty-one books under his belt, is no stranger to...
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SO, WHEN DID YOU DIE? A review of Tolu A. Akinyemi’s On The Train To Hell by Jide Badmus

  • tolutoludo
  • March 17, 2024
  • Book Reviews
This is an account of personal and communal grief—grief without borders. The book has death at its core. Of course, death is the heart of grief.  Tolu Akinyemi, in this poetry collection,...
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Dead Cats Don’t Meow—A Modern Masterpiece. – Jessica B.

  • tolutoludo
  • November 5, 2020
  • Book Reviews
Dead Cats Don’t Meow is the third book of poetry from Tolu’ A. Akinyemi. Issued hot on the heels of Dead Lions Don’t Roar and Dead Dogs Don’t Bark, this latest collection...
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Inferno of Silence: An Unexpected Rollercoaster

  • tolutoludo
  • August 14, 2020
  • Book Reviews
Title: Inferno of Silence Author: Tolu’ A. Akinyemi Publisher: The Roaring Lion Newcastle E-book/Pages (Okadabooks App/582) Reviewer: ENANG, God’swill Effiong Akinyemi has proven himself a genius again. The stories will be reviewed...
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A blog review of Tolu’ A. Akinyemi’s collection of poems titled “A Booktiful love”, by Olabayo Joshua AWODIREPO

  • tolutoludo
  • August 4, 2020
  • Book Reviews
Tolu’ A. Akinyemi is an amazing writer and a quintessential wordsmith who, through the mastery of literary devices, passes across his messages in a very simple, understandable and relatable way. His collection...
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INFERNO OF SILENCE REVIEW by Yahaya Yusuf

  • tolutoludo
  • August 4, 2020
  • Book Reviews
In Tolu’ A. Akinyemi’s debut to storytelling; Inferno of Silence. The book cover depicts a picture of a young man; whose mouth was covered by several hands—forced to remain silent from narrating...
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Book Review: Dead Cats don’t Meow – A Mobile Library Of Positivity.

  • tolutoludo
  • June 14, 2020
  • Book Reviews
Reviewer: Karen Middleton Dead Cats Don’t Meow, Tolu Akinyemi, T&B Global Concepts UK, 2019, pp. 128 When considering, which book to read, a book with an eye-catching title that screams out at...
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All Lives Matter – A review by Omotayo Sangofadeji

  • tolutoludo
  • May 24, 2020
  • Book Reviews
Hello everyone. Thank you for joining today’s programme. My name is Omotayo Sangofadeji. I am the author of ‘Her Eyes Tell Our Stories’ a collection of short stories.I have known Tolu’ for a...
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‘Never Play Games with the Devil’ by Author Tolu’ A. Akinyemi is no cliché when it comes to the poems in this book and is definitely much more than a creative book title.

  • tolutoludo
  • November 12, 2019
  • Book Reviews
Never Play Games with the Devil by Author Tolu’ A. Akinyemi The Roaring Lion Newcastle Press, 2019, pp.56. Reviewed by Realistic Poetry International Never Play Games with the Devil by Author Tolu’...
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My literary journey was built on the strength of community
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About me

Tolu’ A. Akinyemi (also known as Tolutoludo & Lion of Newcastle) is a multi-award-winning author in the genre of poetry, short stories, children’s literature, and essays.

Tolu’ has been endorsed by the Arts Council England as a writer of “exceptional talent.”

He is a co-founder of Lion and Lilac, a UK-based arts organisation, and sits on the board of many organisations.

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Tolu’ A. Akinyemi Dead Cats Don’t Meow Newcastle Book Launch @ The Lit & Phil

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VOICE AMERICA INFLUENCERS CHANNEL: Dead Lions and Entrepreneurial Influencer on The Tony DUrso Show

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