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The winners of the June/July 2020 edition of the bi-monthly Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC) are Olowo Qudus Opeyemi, Ude Vivian Chidimma and Abah Abah Oyagaba. The edition was themed ‘Mother Tongue’.
Lagos based spoken word poet OLOWO emerged overall winner for his evocative poem ‘ODE TO MOTHER TONGUE’. In second place is ‘THE TONGUELESS’ by UDE while Abah’s ‘TONGUE OF MOTHER‘ came third. They will be awarded a total of ₦30,000 — ₦15,000, ₦10,000, and ₦5,000 for the first, second and third places respectively.
The other poets in the top 10 of this edition are Jacob Aondonengen, Olaitan Junaid, Peter Columba Itanka, Wale Olaogun, Nnadi Samuel, Goto Emmanuel, Ayobami Kayode Tijani Ah’mad.
The TOP 20 poems of the June-July edition are published in a chapbook titled ‘AN ODE TO MOTHER TONGUE’. It is available for free download.