Nigeria: Arts envoy, Salome Agbaroji, deepens US, Nigeria cultural ties through poetry

Salome Agbaroji, the 2023/2024 United States National Youth Poet Laureate visited Nigeria from July 21 to 29 as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Arts Envoy Program. Agbaroji is a celebrated Nigerian American poet, who has performed spoken word poetry at the White House, the United Nations, and the Golden Globes Pre-Show, among many other prestigious stages.

During her visit to Nigeria, Agbaroji, a first year Harvard University student, traveled to Enugu to connect with her…