Nigerian student wins Ukraine's poem reading contest

Asokoya Aya, an IT student from Nigeria has become the winner of a poetry reading contest in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. 54 readers were shortlisted for the finals. Asikoya Aya appeared on the stage in a traditional Ukrainian shirt and read a Taras Shevchenko's poem.

Ukranews reports that the Nigerian impressed the jury with his "polished Ukrainian language".