RENOWNED performance poet, Akeem Lasisi, is wishing all a comfortable 2018 with his new album entitled Comforti. The 10-tracker, released some days ago, is the artist’s fifth effort, coming after Post Mortem (for Chief MKO Abiola); Ori Agbe (For Wole Soyinka); Wonderland (Eleleture) and Udeme (Constituency Project). Like these works, Comforti, which is Lasisi’s biggest album so far, reflects on socio-political developments whilst also celebrating love and life. “I like to do poems that are people-oriented,” he said in a chat, adding that the unique thing about Comforti is his decision to celebrate Akure, the Ondo State capital. I felt that there is a need to remind ourselves of, as Chinua Achebe would say, where the rain began to beat us.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 31, 2017 02:47 UTC