Meet Nigeria’s Daniel Umemezie, named US national youth poet laureate

Daniel Umemezie has been named the 2026–2027 US National Youth Poet Laureate, becoming the 10th young poet to hold the prestigious title and the second Nigerian-American to receive the honour.

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