Olayioye Paul Bamidele

Olayioye Paul Bamidele is an emerging writer and a student of Mass Communication. He has a flair for writing, and loves writing plays, poems, essays, and fiction. His works have appeared in Lunaris, SpillWord, Terror House, and elsewhere. Aside from writing, he loves to play the piano.

Monologue on the Sea — A Poem by Olayioye Paul Bamidele

December 22, 2021 | 2021 Timeline, Poetry

Olayioye Paul Bamidele presents a poem “about the need for black people to unite irrespective of tribe, culture or tradition.” According to its poet, the poem’s inspiration comes from “the story of slaves being mistreated by their traders, as narrated to me by my father.” The young writer and Mass Communications student adds, “These slaves were mistreated at home and betrayed abroad. Later these people became the freedom fighters of Africa and the founders of the Négritude movements across the globe.”