Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, has commended the Nigerian authors, especially those from the northern part of the country, for their foresight in organising the summit of indigenous writers across the 19 northern states. He stated this during the Northern Nigerian Indegenous Literatures and Languages, Arewa Writers’ Summit, Awards and Annual Congress […]
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Award-winning novelist, Chimamanda Adichie, has faulted claims that she was related to a 40-year-old lady, Nkiru Okoye, who was murdered in Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The deceased, a wife of a mechanical engineer, Emenike Okoye, was reportedly beaten to death by her brother-in-law, George Okoye, over the ownership of some disputed […]
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Veteran iconic actor, Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs popularly known as Olu Jacobs who clocked 80 recently has many things to be thankful for despite his ordeals. With over 40 years in the movie industry, the actor is one of the few veterans whose footprints have both inspired and defined the path for many aspiring and established […]
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Farotimi, others lead conversation on citizenship, nation building Wole Soyinka Centre holds media lecture series The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism’s (WSCIJ) lecture series will hold as a webinar today, by 2:00pm with the theme – ‘Can democracy work without a strong sub-national media?’ The event will also serve as the public launch of […]
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Says literary giant, doyen of Medicine are Ogun’s flag bearers of excellence As the world renowned playwright and Nobel Laureate prize winner in Literature, Professor Wole Soyinka clocks 88 years, Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun, has described him as a rarest breed of mankind and one who has straddled the planet earth with exceptional candour. […]
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By Yinka Fabowale Title: The Songs of the Pipit Author: Malcom Little Black’s Reviewer: Yinka Fabowale […]
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Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has reminisced on her late mother. She shared a post of her mother in the company of other societal women who were amazed by her presence. The writer said it was the last moment she spent with her late mother, stating she is still traumatised by her absence. She said: […]
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Festival Director, Lola Shoneyin The Aké Arts and Book Festival is a yearly literary, cultural, and arts event. It was founded in 2013 by the Nigerian writer Lola Shoneyin, in Abeokuta. Although it features new and established writers from across the world, its focus has been to promote, develop and celebrate creativity on the African […]
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Wole Soyinka (Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP) By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu My studies at Great Ife under Prof Wole Soyinka got off on a beery note. I was with my classmates in Soyinka’s house for practical lessons on television production when I told the future Nobel Laureate’s steward, the Ghanaian lad Francis, to […]
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To read Onyeka Onwenu’s autobiography is to be a fly on the wall completely absorbed in multilayered intimate conversations with her about a thoroughly fascinating life. It transports the reader from the joys of a relatively privileged childhood in pre-Civil War Port Harcourt to the traumatic death of her father in a car crash before […]
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