Shogo Olalekan Uthman
Shogo Olalekan Uthman is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans literature and the visual arts. He is the author of Finding Myself, and his writing has appeared or is forthcoming in Posetrics Mag, Lake Poetry UK, Interrobanglit, Navy Pen Magazine, The Vine of Zines, The Bokeh Review, BH News, and other publications.
His visual artworks have been exhibited internationally at galleries including Orchard Light Gallery (Nigeria), The Holy Art Gallery and Madeke Arts (United Kingdom), Andakulova Gallery (Dubai), Nicoleta Gallery (Berlin, Germany), Casa del Arte (Palma, Spain), and Thomson Gallery (Switzerland). He holds a B.Sc. (Ed.) in Human Kinetics and an M.Sc. (Ed.) in Administration and Management of Human Kinetics and Sports from the University of Ilorin.
BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR
A Man’s Life is a poignant collection of poems that gives voice to the quiet burdens many men carry but seldom name. Through finely crafted verse, Shogo Olalekan Uthman explores the unseen struggles of manhood-the weight of responsibility, the demands of family, the pressure to provide, the discipline of emotional restraint, and the ache of vulnerabilities left unspoken.
With honesty, compassion, and remarkable poetic restraint, these poems illuminate the moments between endurance and hope, silence and expression, strength and tenderness. They honour the men who rise each day without applause, grieve in private, and continue to bear life’s demands with quiet resolve.