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Expanding frontiers of Nigerian literature: Kindred spirits on Ikwo’s landscape
Henry Akubuiro Twenty-Five kilometres south of Abakiliki, the Ebonyi State capital, lies the university town of Ikwo, away from the city’s hustle and bustle, amid lush greenery and somnolent air....
View ArticleNiyi Osundare: Illiteracy’s killing Nigeria
Henry Akubuiro Perhaps you have got hold of the wrong end of the stick if you think ours is a predominant literate society, given the number of schools in every nook and cranny of Nigeria. Ignorance is...
View ArticleVirility in Lola Shoneyin and Ayobami Adebayo’s narratives
Olamide Babatunde When Ayobami Adebayo released her debut novel, Stay with Me, a work that takes cognizance of motherhood and the trappings of deceit, loyalty and conspiracy within a marriage setting...
View ArticleBook Review : Raising the Dust : Crime: Who is Involved?
Gold rush and a bucket of tears Henry Akubuiro The last thing I imagined when I saw Ambrose Madu’s book, Raising the Dust Crime: Who is Involved? was a work of fiction. It didn’t sound like one. I...
View ArticleSejiro Avoseh: Why my works focus on women
Damiete Braide Up-and-coming artist, Sejiro Avoseh, who is currently having his first solo exhibition entitled When We Are Not What We Are at Rele Gallery, Onikan, Lagos, believes his life experiences...
View ArticleReturn of the Prodigal Son
The Joy of Professor Abednego, Jerry Alagbaoso; Kraft Books, Ibadan, 2018; pp 83 Henry Akubuiro A comedy play consciously exaggerates characteristics for humorous effects intent on x-raying human...
View ArticlePolitical Armageddon
If you think Chinua Achebe and Elechi Amadi have exhausted all the layers of cultural motifs, Evans Ufeli’s The Gathering of the Tribes offers a refreshing kind of kebab to savour to the fullest. Henry...
View ArticleHadiza El-Rufai: Writing is therapeutic
“I write because I have something to say; it’s therapeutic and fiction is a safe medium, and this particular story was written, because I had an encounter with an orphanage…” Olamide Babatunde It’s...
View ArticleSoyinka set to unveil Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
The formal unveiling of Wole Soyinka’s latest Interventions Series, Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?, published by Bookcraft, Ibadan, promises to be a hard-hitting, interactive and engaging session....
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Ronke Onadeko presents book for the ambitious
Henry Akubuiro If you think book launch is all about the author smiling to the bank, moneymaking isn’t every author’s fetish. Aderonke Onadeko’s idea of book launch is bringing glamour and fun to book...
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