War, betrayal, romance, loyalty in Odetola’s Morinade, Fabunmi’s Princess
By Japhet Davidson At a time when the government has removed History from the curriculum thereby dening students the opportunity of knowing their past, an Ekiti born writer, Kola Odetola, who is not happy with the development has come out with a new book titled Morinade, Fabunmi’s Princess, a historical drama set in 19th-century Yoruba […]
Sentinel Nigeria takes poetry to Abuja
Writers, literary enthusiasts and budding poets in Abuja turned out in good number to enjoy an opportunity of getting the guidance to hone their skills on Friday 18th June 2008 in what can be best described as an evening of literary splendor.
Ojeikere’s journey through camera
Honour they say should be given to whom it is due.†In line with this popular saying, the children of one of the greatest photographers of our time and the man who was made famous for documenting the transformations and variations found in traditional hairstyles worn by women in Nigeria J.D Okhai Ojeikere in commemoration of his 80th birthday last week presented a powerful birthday gift to him for all his contributions towards their upbringing and for his contributions towards the growth of photography in the country.
Commonwealth winner, Tricia Nwaubani, reads for Abuja writers
The June 26, 2010 edition of the Abuja Writers’ Forum’s (AWF) Guest Writer Session will feature the winner of the 2010 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book ( Africa ), Tricia Adaobi Nwaubani.
When the Empire mis-writes history
Taking cue from the Foreword, which Dr Ikenna Kamalu provides for Ozah Michael Ozah’s book, Proudly Ukwuani: History and Culture, which attempts to locate, what would have amounted to a more brilliant and significant contribution to an aspect of Nigeria’s post colonial narrative; and in particular, to the history of what late Professor Onwuejiogwu described as “ history of Igbo cultural areas†but failed to do so by deviating to scheme his own theory of history of origin and culture for the Ukwuani sub-group of the Igbo tribe.This review will attempt to investigate how Ozah as a post colonial narrator has faithfully or unfaithfully re- writes, what his book, purports as misrepresentations of some aspects of Ukwuani history .
Toyin Adewale-Gabriel leads June Poetry workshop
The monthly creative writing workshop organised by the Abuja Writers’ Forum(AWF) continues on June 26, 2010 with Toyin Adewale-Gabriel as the facilitator. Her work has won awards from cultural institutions and she is a Fellow of the Akademie Schloss Solitude and has been Writer-in-Residence at the Villa Waldberta, Munich, and The Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators, in Visby, Sweden.
