Nigeria: Footnotes that are no mere flourish, by Musa Owuda — Africa Links 24

Emman Usman Shehu’s fifth major poetry collection, Footnotes For A Native Land (Topaz Books), is steadily provoking conversation in literary circles. Published by the same imprint that released his previous works Icarus Rising and The River Never Returns, this 62-poem volume reaffirms Shehu’s position as one of Nigeria’s most consistent and unflinching poetic voices. In an era where many poets retreat into personal introspection or linguistic experimentation, Shehu doubles down on…