Soft Spot Rotten Spot with Efe Orakpo | Ep. 28
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Title: Soft Spot Rotten Spot with Efe Orakpo
Episode Number: #28
Guest: Efe Orakpo
Release Date: 6th March 2026.
Description:
This week, we are joined by one of Nigeria's beautiful poets, Efe Orakpo, who gets vulnerable with us about her journey as a writer. She recounts her first time (3:34) writing a poem and how that became a tool for expressing herself without giving away every part of herself. She then goes on to talk (14:55) about her growth as a writer and getting deeper and better, her influences, infusing culture into art, cremating the past versus burying it, publishing a collection of 70 poems + MORE! Enjoy the show!
Key Takeaways:
1. Sometimes art imitates life, and sometimes life validates art.
2. Love creates a soft spot that can go rotten if untended.
3. Sometimes burying the past is not enough.
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Resources & Mentions:
Order the Author's Books on Selar: Soft Spot Rotten Spot
Guest’s Social Media (Instagram): @efe.thewriter
Episode Credits:
Episode Host: Anita Chinwendu Opara
Audio Producer & Writer: Daniel Odia
Podcast Manager: Daniel Odia
Show Owner: Nkem Creatives
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