English: I don't recall precisely the occasion of our first meeting — whether the 1988 Association of Nigerian Authors annual conference at the National Theatre or on one of my many truant jaunts to Lagos to attend this or that reading — but whichever it was, I suspect that I was introduced by the late poet Idzia Ahmad, Ajibade's colleague at Grant.
Igbo: Echetaghị kpọmkwem oge izizi anyị zutere---ma ọ bụ na 1988 'Association of Nigerian Authors annual Conference' na 'National Theatre' ma ọ bụ n' otu n' ime njem mmụta m mere gaa Legosi ịga gụọ nke a ma ọ bụ nke ahụ n' anataghị ikike---mana nke ọbụla ọ bụ, ana m eche na onye kọwara m bụ ode abụ nwụrụ anwụ, Idzia Ahmad, onye ọrụ Ajibade na 'Grant.'