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  • Published 20200203
  • ISBN: 9781925773804
  • Extent: 264pp
  • Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

He held

the light for me

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David Ishaya Osu

David Ishaya Osu is a Nigerian poet, memoirist, editor and street photographer. His work has appeared in Eureka Street, Magma Poetry, Poetry Wales, The...

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