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Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún

@kolatubosun


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About Me.

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún is the author of two collections of poetry: Edwardsville by Heart (2018) and Ìgbà Èwe (2021), and several works in translation between English and Yorùbá. He is Nigerian linguist, founder of YorubaName.com, and publisher of OlongoAfrica.com.

He was a Fulbright Scholar (2009) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and, until recently, a Chevening Research Fellow at the British Library in London (2019/2020). His work has been published in African Writer, Aké Review, Brittle Paper, International Literary Quarterly, Enkare Review, Maple Tree Literary Supplement, PEN Transmissions, Jalada, Popula, Saraba Magazine, The Guardian, among others. He is the African co-editor of The Best Literary Translations annual anthology.

His work in language advocacy earned him the Premio Ostana Special Prize in Italy in 2016.

For speaking/conference invitations, job & consultancy offers, writing commissions, interview requests, and other matters, see the Contacts page.

My Books

Amazon Kindle Edition
Ìgbà Èwe: Translated Poems of Emily R. Grosholz

Ìgbà Èwe contains twenty-six translated Yorùbá poems originally published in 2014 in a collection titled Childhood by the American philosopher and professor Emily R. Grosholz.

Amazon Kindle Edition
Edwardsville by Heart

Edwardsville by Heart is a collection of poetry by Kola Tubosun, Nigerian writer and linguist. It contains seventy poems that cover the period of three years through which the author lived in a small Southern Illinois town.

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For letters: c/o Asian and African Collections, British Library. 96 Euston Road, London. NW1 2DB

Mobile +16124249914 (Texts or Telegram only).

For personal consultancy, jobs, writing requests, conference or cultural invitations, commissions, contracts or inquiries: kt@ktravula.com