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Tolu Oloruntoba

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Tolu Oloruntoba is a Nigerian-Canadian poet and physician,[1] whose debut poetry collection The Junta of Happenstance won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2021 Governor General's Awards[2] and the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize.[3]

His collection, Each One A Furnace, was reviewed in Rungh Magazine by poet Phinder Dulai.

Originally from Ibadan, Nigeria, Oloruntoba currently works in British Columbia as a manager of virtual health projects.[1] His poetry chapbook Manubrium was shortlisted for the 2020 bpNichol Chapbook Award.[1]

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