Jide Badmus
Founder · Poet · AuthorPushcart Prize-nominated poet and author of eight collections, including Obaluayé. He founded INKspiredNG to give African poets a permanent home for their craft.
Community · Lagos · Poetry
“Where ink bleeds into voice,— INKspiredNG Discover INKspired
and every word finds
its rightful stage. ”
What We Do
A home for
living poetry.
INKspiredNG is a literary community founded by award-winning poet and author Jide Badmus. We bring together Nigeria's finest voices — poets, essayists, and storytellers — in a shared space where craft is celebrated, critiqued, and elevated. From published collections to online literary conversations, INKspired exists to amplify the African word.
Our Story
Meet the Poets
Voices that shape INKspiredNG
Adaeze Okonkwo
Poet · EditorHer verse moves between grief and joy with surgical grace, drawing on memory and the textures of everyday Lagos life.
Emeka Ude
Spoken Word ArtistA commanding stage presence whose performances turn INKterlude's open mic into a communal heartbeat every December.
Farida Aliyu
Essayist · CuratorCurates INKspired's online literary conversations, weaving essays on culture and craft with a curator's careful eye.
Chukwuemeka Obi
Performance PoetKnown for poems that blend Igbo proverbs with contemporary rhythm, bringing tradition and the present into one breath.
Ngozi Eze
Poet · Writing CoachMentors emerging members through INKspired's workshops, helping new voices shape their first collections.
Annual Event
INKterlude
INKterlude is INKspiredNG's annual open-mic and poetry hangout — an evening where verse becomes visceral and community becomes ceremony. Our most recent edition brought together poets from across Lagos in an intimate performance space charged with live readings, musical interludes, and fierce literary conversation.
From debut voices to established wordsmiths, the night celebrated the full spectrum of the African poetic tradition. Attendees described it as a homecoming for anyone who has ever found belonging in a line of verse.
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INKterlude
"The finest gathering of voices Lagos has ever heard."
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