Kill The Poet, Save The World

“Whether one comes for story, emotion, reflection, or ideas, ‘Kill the Poet, Save the World!’ is an inviting experimental collection that offers something to hold onto, reminding us that even in technologically saturated futures, the most urgent questions are still emotional, ethical, and relational.”

—S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema, author of NLNG Prize-nominated ‘Memory and the Call of Waters’

“In his debut collection, Abdulkareem Baba-Aminu does not just write. He weaves words which do not ask permission, crafts space and time to hold Love, Loss, Resistance, and the stubborn glow of Hope in an impossible alchemy of words. A powerful voice has been set free!”

—Maryam ‘AlhanIslam’ Bukar, poet, UN Global Advocate for Peace

“At the heart of this epic collection, is a tender yet unsparing elegy, grounding it in the deeply human act of remembrance.”

—Fatima Bala, author of ‘Broken’ and ‘Hafsatu Bebi’

“[Abdulkareem] Baba-Aminu dances between visions and the pull of nostalgia. Every poem demands a pause, an invitation to travel with this poet, whether you like it or not.”

—Star Zahra, author of ‘Girls and the Silhouette of Form’

“What rises from Baba-Aminu’s words is a trembling insistence, that even in the ruins, something still flickers. Something still names us. Something still asks us to live.”

—Bash Amuneni, author of ‘There’s a Lunatic in Every Town’

“In this exhilarating debut, Baba-Aminu refuses to let the poet become an artefact of the algorithmic age. Witty, defiant, and unmistakably human, this collection shows that while tech may evolve, poetry (and the human essence it carries) will always outlive the machine.”

—Salim Yunusa, Co-Founder, Kano International Poetry Festival

“[Baba-Aminu’s] poetry is charged with lyrical inventiveness, sensitivity, and a wild imagination. I’ve never read anything like this.”

—Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, award-winning author of ‘Season of Crimson Blossoms’ & ‘When We Were Fireflies’