Dipe Jola is a poet from Lagos, Nigeria. Being an alumnus of the SprinNG Fellowship (4th Cohort, 2020), she has contributed to literary movements with few published poems to her name.
She joined She-Can-Nigeria as a volunteer in 2019. In 2020, she became a newsletter writer for PhotoWaka: the most significant photography walk in Africa. She also contributed to Momento: an Anthology of Contemporary Nigerian Poetry (Animal Heart Press 2020) edited by Adedayo Agarau. Aside from being the first runner up for the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize in 2018, Dipe Jola has been on quite a good number of shortlists with some of her poems featured on journals and magazines.
Some of her published works can be found on Kalahari Review, Echelon Review, Turnpike Magazine, African Writer, Synchronized Chaos, and elsewhere. She can be reached via Twitter @jola_ng.
She joined She-Can-Nigeria as a volunteer in 2019. In 2020, she became a newsletter writer for PhotoWaka: the most significant photography walk in Africa. She also contributed to Momento: an Anthology of Contemporary Nigerian Poetry (Animal Heart Press 2020) edited by Adedayo Agarau. Aside from being the first runner up for the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize in 2018, Dipe Jola has been on quite a good number of shortlists with some of her poems featured on journals and magazines.
Some of her published works can be found on Kalahari Review, Echelon Review, Turnpike Magazine, African Writer, Synchronized Chaos, and elsewhere. She can be reached via Twitter @jola_ng.