Saddiq Dzukogi

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Saddiq Dzukogi’s most recent book is Bakandamiya: An Elegy (University of Nebraska Press, 2025). His previous collection, Your Crib, My Qibla (University of Nebraska Press, 2021), won the 2021 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry.

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Bakandamiya ["In Jangari, beyond sama na bakwai"]

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Bakandamiya ["This welcome begins the waning hour"]

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Egress [“What is it like,”]

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Egress [“With a wrecked heart, I looked at the dipping storm”]

poetry-magazineFrom the magazine:Ring

So Much Memory

From the magazine:
Bakandamiya ["In Jangari, beyond sama na bakwai"]

From the magazine:
Bakandamiya ["This welcome begins the waning hour"]

From the magazine:
Egress [“What is it like,”]

From the magazine:
Egress [“With a wrecked heart, I looked at the dipping storm”]

From the magazine:
Ring