Remi Raji

Remi Raji is the pen name of Aderemi Raji-Oyelade, prominent member of the influential group of writers known as the Poetry club, in the University of Ibadan of the 1980s and 1990s. He was the chairperson of the Oyo State Chapter of The Association of Nigerian Authors (1997-2000) and editor of the 2000 edition of ANA Review. He was the official Guest Poet to the City of Stockholm, Sweden in 2005. A former General Secretary of the Nigerian Centre of PEN International, and the first Coordinator of PEN African Centres (PAN), Raji served as the President of the Association of Nigerian Authors (2011-2015). Raji’s poems have appeared in both local and international journals and anthologies including Voices from the Fringe, The Guardian, The Nigerian Tribune, Times Review, For Ken, For Nigeria, 25 New Nigerian Poets, Sou’Wester Literary Journal, and Rochford Street Review, among others. He has read and performed his works in different parts of Africa, Europe, and the US. Remi Raji lectures in the Department of English, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Wanderer Cantos is his seventh book of Poetry.