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In these poems, the forest becomes both prison and mirror, a place where innocence is hunted and where the question of God is turned back on those who claim to kill in His name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ogaga Ifowodo writes with an unflinching tenderness, weaving lament with defiance. His lines bear grief, yet glimmer with the fragile light of endurance. 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