Shola Balogun is a Nigerian poet, writer, playwright, and filmmaker. His credits include the International Journal of African Society, Cultures and Traditions (UK), Nicosia Beyond Barriers: Voices from a Divided City, The Invisible Bear, a Journal affiliated with Duke University’s English Department Graduate Poetry Working Group in Durham, North Carolina, The Tau: The Literary and Visual Art Journal of Lourdes University, Sylvania, Ohio, and several other literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. 
 
He is the author of the book of poems, The Dance is You, Balogun, and lives in Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa.