Nigeria, my heartbreaking age mate, by Donu Kogbara
Nigeria cast aside the shackles of colonialism and became an independent nation exactly 66 years ago. I am also 66; and as I have pointed out to anyone who will listen to me on every single October lst in recent decades, neither I nor the land of my ancestors are getting any younger or stronger. […]
Be careful what you wish for!
By Donu Kogbara RECENT events remind me of a contradictory saying I first heard as a child: “Be careful what you wish for because you might get it.” The English nun – a teacher at my convent school – who directed this warning at me credited it to an ancient Chinese sage who was, she […]
Rivers race
By Donu Kogbara THE gubernatorial race in my home state, Rivers, is being run at fever pitch. The current Governor, Nyesom Wike, is hellbent on installing his successor and has thrown his weight behind a long-standing loyalist – his accountant-general, Sim Fubara. Sim is vying with candidates from other parties for the hottest seat in […]
Farewell to a kid brother
MOST folks called him Mike. I called him Chuks, an abbreviation of his middle name, Elemchukwu.
Farewell to a kid brother
By Donu Kogbara MOST folks called him Mike. I called him Chuks, an abbreviation of his middle name, Elemchukwu. We met when he was a toddler. I wasn’t much older. Our beloved and distinguished late fathers – Senator Francis Ellah and Ignatius Kogbara – had attended the same Catholic secondary school – Holy Family in […]
Dreams in tatters
By Donu Kogbara IN 1999, I was married to an English fellow journalist called Dominic and we were based in London with Oliver, our small son. For all sorts of reasons, I felt like a radical change in direction and wanted to try living in an African country, having grown up in the UK; and […]
