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SENTINEL POETRY #26 Online Magazine Monthly, January 2005 |
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INTRODUCING
AMATORITSERO EDE, THE NEW EDITOR OF SENTINEL POETRY (ONLINE) From issue #27 of Sentinel
Poetry (Online) February 2005, Amatoritsero Ede takes over from me as Editor
of the magazine, for a tenure going on to January 2007, at what point he will
decide whether to carry on for another 2 years or hand over to a new editor. Amatoritsero Ede comes from
Nigeria, where he worked as an editor before leaving for Germany. He spent
eight years there as a student. He is a graduate of University of Ibadan,
Nigeria, as well as the Universities of Hanover and Bayreuth in Germany, and holds
a Master of Arts degree in English and Cultural Studies and bachelor’s
degree in German Language and Literature. Ede is the author of A
Writer’s Pains, Caribbean Blues and the forthcoming Hitler’s
Children. His poetry has also appeared in several print and electronic
publications in Germany, USA, Nigeria and Britain. The Sentinel Poetry
(Online) Guest Poet March 2004, Ede is also the winner of a number of
literary prizes, including the 1998 All-Africa Christopher Okigbo Prize for
Literature and the First International Black Literary Prize - the May Ayim Award, organized by Black
Germania. Ede currently resides in Alberta. He is committed to bringing a
new vision to Sentinel Poetry and to raise the standards. I am excited to
hand over the magazine to a poet I
respect in whose capable hands the dream I first conceived and birthed in December
2002 will grow stronger and take and
keep its place of pride among the more challenging and enduring literary
publications in the world. The next Editor’s Note
will be by Ede. It has been a wonderful two years for me and I wish to thank
everybody that supported the magazine either by way of advise or submission
of materials to lend the same or higher level of support to the new editor. By the way, before I sign
off, I wish to apologise for the late publication of this issue. This has
been the first time in over two years we have been late and by 2 days. This
is also one of the few issues to have no pictures at all. My computer has
been playing games with me for a month. And until I restore full
functionality to it, hopefully by next week, I am unable to access certain
files, including the initial version of this month’s magazine that
included an interview with Ikwunga Wonodi by Dike Okoro. I will now liaise
with Ede to see that the interview appears in the February 2005 issue. Have a Happy and Creative
2005 and God be with you. Nnorom Azuonye 03 January 2005 Edmonton, UK |