Chants to the Ancestors

“Sola Owonibi’s Chants to the Ancestors is a recording of the movements of the mind of the wise, the clerk of time, the eagle-eyed observant sentinel of places, the library monk of humanity who writes not only for the present but also for the beckoning beyond. The rivers of words flow in this work, confirming once again, that of all human languages, that of poetry is the most precise and powerful, which, when well-etched or wrought, is penetrated by the silence of profundity. Owonibi has emerged in the nighttime of our frailties… our new bell-ringer.”

—Prof. Tayo Olafioye (Winner, 2005 ANA/Spectrum Award)