A Song By The Roadside and Other Poems
by Idris Titus Kayode
A Song By The Roadside and Other Poems is a masterpiece occasioned by the experiences of an African in the transience of man's mortal existence.
It is the product of nine years of arduous mental excursions.ABOUT THE AUTHORIdris Titus Kayode hails from Bunu land in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. Born in 1978, he holds a B.Sc (Hon.) degree in Chemistry from the University of Lagos and a Masters Degree in Environmental Management from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State.
Mr. Titus is deeply experienced in traditional culture of the Yoruba's of south western Nigeria, an affinity that has an unrelenting influence on his poetry adding an unmatched beauty of style, imagery and class. He spent his childhood days growing up in a mix of both rural and urban environments. Mr. Idris is particularly fond of his childhood memories and days in the south-west, south-south and north-western parts of Nigeria.
He attended kindergarten schools in Ijofin, Ipokia in Egbado South Local Government of present day Ogun State, Primary School in A.M.E Zion School, Oron now in Akwa Ibom State and Murtala Mohammed Primary School in Yelwa-Yauri, Kebbi State, after which he proceeded to Government Science Secondary School also in Yelwa-Yauri, Kebbi State leaving in Senior Secondary One in 1992. He later completed his Secondary Education in Iworo-Ajido High School (Now Iworo-Ajido Model College), Badagry, Lagos State.
Having passed Secondary School Certificate Examinations in flying colours, Mr. Idris was admitted into the University of Lagos in 1998 to study Chemistry after an unsuccessful attempt to study Medicine and Surgery at the same University. It was at the University that he encountered the power and emotions of poetry after a series of sad events led to the death of his mother in 2001. Under the tutelage of re-knowned poet, translator and writer - Professor Jide Timothy-Asobele (a Professor of French Language) of the University of Lagos, Mr. Idris completed this collection of carefully written, succinct and emotional poems over a period of Nine years.
Presently working for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Idris is happily married to Uzezi Dorcas and has two sons - Delano Olusola Domero and Olujimi Trust.(2011, paperback, 38 pages)
It is the product of nine years of arduous mental excursions.ABOUT THE AUTHORIdris Titus Kayode hails from Bunu land in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. Born in 1978, he holds a B.Sc (Hon.) degree in Chemistry from the University of Lagos and a Masters Degree in Environmental Management from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State.
Mr. Titus is deeply experienced in traditional culture of the Yoruba's of south western Nigeria, an affinity that has an unrelenting influence on his poetry adding an unmatched beauty of style, imagery and class. He spent his childhood days growing up in a mix of both rural and urban environments. Mr. Idris is particularly fond of his childhood memories and days in the south-west, south-south and north-western parts of Nigeria.
He attended kindergarten schools in Ijofin, Ipokia in Egbado South Local Government of present day Ogun State, Primary School in A.M.E Zion School, Oron now in Akwa Ibom State and Murtala Mohammed Primary School in Yelwa-Yauri, Kebbi State, after which he proceeded to Government Science Secondary School also in Yelwa-Yauri, Kebbi State leaving in Senior Secondary One in 1992. He later completed his Secondary Education in Iworo-Ajido High School (Now Iworo-Ajido Model College), Badagry, Lagos State.
Having passed Secondary School Certificate Examinations in flying colours, Mr. Idris was admitted into the University of Lagos in 1998 to study Chemistry after an unsuccessful attempt to study Medicine and Surgery at the same University. It was at the University that he encountered the power and emotions of poetry after a series of sad events led to the death of his mother in 2001. Under the tutelage of re-knowned poet, translator and writer - Professor Jide Timothy-Asobele (a Professor of French Language) of the University of Lagos, Mr. Idris completed this collection of carefully written, succinct and emotional poems over a period of Nine years.
Presently working for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Idris is happily married to Uzezi Dorcas and has two sons - Delano Olusola Domero and Olujimi Trust.(2011, paperback, 38 pages)
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