SADDIQ DZUKOGI WINS THE DEREK WALCOTT PRIZE FOR POETRY

Saddiq Dzukogi has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Derek Walcott Prize for his award-winning book “Your Crib, My Qibla.”

He made this known through a Facebook post “Your Crib, My Qibla was just announced as the winner of the 2022 Derek Walcott Poetry Award. Selected by the wonderful poet and human, Carolyn Forché. I am still shaking in tears.

I miss you dear child, your name persists, your songs persist. Even though I am tending to the wound of your absence everyday, the light you left in my heart is still here, teaching me, protecting me from my own darkness. You continue to be a gift, dear child.

Thank you so much Carolyn, for seeing this work, for seeing me. The citation brought tears of joy to Bahra’s mom, Sa’adatu.”

Saddiq is currently an English Assistant Professor at the University of Mississippi.

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