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Eulogies for Odia Ofeimun @ launch of book on him

It was an afternoon of encomiums and celebrations when friends and associates of Nigerian literary icon, poet and polemicist, Odia Ofeimun, gathered for the public presentation of a book titled, Odia Ofeimun: In Search of a Common Morality, Essays, Tributes and conversations”.

The complex machinery of portrait painting

The portrait painting of the Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar entitled “Emergence” size: 221.5cm x 145cm is a mixed-media painting by Prof. Victor Ecoma painted in 2023.

Oyebode’s timeless lessons from his Traditions

In his forthcoming book titled “Traditions:  An Anthology”, Nigerian writer, Jeremiah Oyebode explores the relevance of certain basic tenets of parenting to the life of an individual, using fictive personalities that mirror divergent character traits in our contemporary society. 

Otigba’s new book relives Nigeria-Biafra war experience

By Chris Onuoha About 50 years after Nigeria’s painful civil war, book lovers are being regaled with yet another novel on that ugly experience. The new book, ‘I Remember: The Nigeria-Biafra War – Graphic Recollections of a Child’ left nothing to the imagination, as it captures most of the low incidents of the time, as […]

Five trends from Milan Fashion Week

Fashion week in Milan wrapped up Monday after showcasing new designers, from Sabato de Sarno at Gucci to Peter Hawkings at Tom Ford.

CHERECHI ANIGBO: Amazing dancer, choreographer 

She is sleek, agile and full of energy. Ever since Yemi Olaniyan, professor of musicology at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, described the mesmerizing traditional dances of Eastern Nigerians, especially of people from Enugu axis, as “green leaves vibrating in the wind”, I have kept close watch on the musical tradition of Enugu people and their enthralling dancers.

PL, Rainbow Book Club host playwright finalists

The Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), and the Rainbow Book Club last week in Port Harcourt, held a bookfest in honour of three shortlisted playwrights for the 2023 edition of the Prize.

Lunacy, language, archetypal representations in Kekeghe’s Broken Edges

Kekeghe’s Broken Edges is a beautifully scripted play which borders on lunacy. The mild and extreme maladies, which flood the scenes of the play, are metaphoric reflections of the effects of administrative failings and marital brokenness in the Nigerian sociopolitical space.

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