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 […]
Who clinches $100,000 NLNG Literature prize?
On September 6, 2011, NLNG, the organizer of the prestigious Nigeria Prize for Literature announced the final shortlist of three books for the 2011 Nigeria Prize for Literature out of the initial shortlist of six released last October. The three finalists are; ‘Eno’s Story’ by Ayodele Olofintuade, ‘The Missing Clock’ by Mai Nasara and ‘The Great Fall’ by Chinyere Obi-Obasi.
Diagonising crises,the Cow Boy way
My people perish for lack of knowledge” is a Biblical injunction. And ever since the statement was made some two thousand years ago, many families, towns and even nations have not fully realised the importance of education, hence they still perish.
For Better New Nigeria
Do we desire a new Nigeria? Should we seek a new Nigeria? How can we achieve a new Nigeria? Is one of the paths to a new Nigeria through a resolution of the Niger Delta crisis? What are the root causes of the Niger Delta crisis?
Shadows of experience and Nwosu’s canvass
Uche Nwosu is not new to the art circle, he studied Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (South-Eastern Nigeria) specialising in Painting. And ever since his graduation, Uche who works at the National Gallery of Art as a Chief Research Officer has been a prominent player and has participated in local and international exhibitions until he was attacked by a strange illness, which nearly shattered his career.
As the world awaits Chinua Achebe’s new book..
In a couple of months, literary icon, Chinua Achebe, will release his latest book, whose title is still being kept under wraps. Oseloka Obaze writes on how the book surveys the trajectory of a noble and richly lived life, with its inevitable ups and downs, from the writer’s birth to his fame and present disability and involuntary sojourn in the United States.
