Tares Oburumu’s ‘Flora’s Love Colony’ Takes Centre Stage At Yenagoa Literary Reading
By Jonah Fubara, YENAGOA – The Ijaw Creative Writers’ Association (ICWA), in conjunction with the Nigerian Creative Writers’ Forum (NCWF), will hold a special reading of Tares Oburumu’s literary work, Flora’s Love Colony, on Sunday, September 20, 2026, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
The programme, which is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. at the Main Auditorium of the Association of Senior Civil Servants’ Secretariat along Bayelsa Palm Road, will bring together writers, literary scholars, students, spoken-word artists and lovers of literature.
Flora’s Love Colony was listed as a nominee on the shortlist for the 2026 NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature.
A major highlight of the event will be a keynote lecture titled, “Language, Style and the Poetic Process: A Reading of Tares Oburumu’s ‘Flora’s Love Colony’,” to be delivered by Dr. Stanley Udisi of the Department of English and Literary Studies, Niger Delta University.
The programme will also feature spoken-word renditions by Agbeye-Talks (IAEU) and Blessing (FUO), as well as a panel discourse and special quiz centred on the literary work.
The organisers will also inaugurate the state executives of both the Ijaw Creative Writers’ Association and the Nigerian Creative Writers’ Forum during the event.
High Chief MacDonald Igbadiwei, President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) Worldwide, is expected to chair the occasion.
The event will be hosted by Fred Brisibe of ICWA, alongside Laye Julius and Amatare Mozimo of NCWF.
The organisers have encouraged literary enthusiasts and members of the public to attend the special reading and engage with the work of the Bayelsa-based writer.
Copies of Flora’s Love Colony are available through Mr Egbenpere on 08031982911.
The programme begins at 1:00 p.m. prompt on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
