WORDAHOLICS: A BREWERY OF EXPLOSIVE GUNPOWDER! By Saliu Fatihah Ade.
Wordaholics, a monthly open mic literary event's October 2018 (Independence edition) held at TEAMSWAG in Somolu began with a resounding bang and ended with a deafening 'Waawu'. Each person out of breath and thankful for the amazing ride. Joyous steps. Lightened hearts. Blinding smiles. This every second Saturday of the month event, commenced by 12:30 pm with the open mic session and this was anchored by the awesome Poet/MC/Award-winner FreezinPaul who blessed a few of the audience with recharge cards in a game called 'Fastest Fingers'. This edition was also used to commemorate the 58th independence anniversary of Nigeria with the theme "The Freedom Song". The open mic had about 20 acts including Godwin who came from Benin Republic to attend the event (we are international now). David Ikomu, known by his pseudonym — KCPwesh who engaged the minds of the audience with his poem on Mad Men. I Am Emmanuel with his unwavering energy. Titi Matthews and his word p...