Other People’s Sundays
By Nasirudeen Muritala I have watched families eat togetherthrough windows I was never invited behind,a father stealing meat from his child’s plate,a mother complaining about the messwhile secretly smiling at it. They make ordinary things look sacred,school runs, arguments, birthdays,someone shouting from upstairs,“Have you seen my keys?” and another voice answering from the kitchen.I used […]
Jazz raises quality of life — Oti Bazunu
Businessman and jazz aficionado Oti Bazunu lives life on his own terms; and when in 2010 he decided to begin the November annual music festival that has come to be known as the Lagos Jazz Series, the terms of engagement, apparently, were designed to be as lofty as his lifestyle.
WS@80,drums loud for avatar of literature
A biblical adage says that a prophet is not honoured in his home town but last week in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital the entire people of the state, led by their number 1 citizen, Senator Ibikunle Amosun rolled out drums for the celebration of their own, the renowned writer,poet, activist and first African Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka who turned 80 last Sunday.
At Authors’ forum: Experts identify missing link to nation’s devt
The high rate of unemployment in the country has be blamed in part to the poor policy planning and poor implementation of policies especially in our sciences.
Masterpieces…priceless parting gift to Academia
Professor Ebele Eko is one of the greatest amazons Nigeria has ever made as well as the greatest human influence in my life. As the biggest authority on Nigeria’s iconic writer, Prof. Elechi Amadi, Eko’s new book is a priceless resource material for literary students worldwide owing to its rich content”, were the words of Writer turned activist, Betty Abah.
WS80: Zmirage, Ogun, others roll out drums
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka will on July 13 join the club of the octogenarians, and because of the personality of Kongi whose career trajectory and contribution to public intellectual in the complex society, Zmirage Multimedia Limited, organisers of Project WS/ICE with the support by the Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Rivers state governments have mapped out plans to celebrate the quintessential artiste in a special way.
