Niyi Osundare, a prolific Nigerian writer, poet, essayist, playwright and social critic wrote The Politician’s Two Mouths against the backdrop of the prevailing political climate in Nigeria during the Shehu Shagari-led Second Republic overthrown by the Buhari-Idiagbon junta on December 31, 1983.

Emma Okocha is the author of the book “Blood on the Niger.” He is also a Human Rights crusader and conflict studies expert. He was recently honoured by the Asaba community for his pioneering work on Asaba massacre and for accurately telling the story of the genocide. In this chat with OSA AMADI, the author recounts blood-chilling events of the Asaba massacre which forms the thesis of his book, “Blood on the Niger.”

At any point in one’s life where one no longer has any problems, says Norman Vincent Peale, that person ought to cry out to God saying, “Lord, don’t you trust me any longer? Do you think I am no longer capable of solving problems? Please let me have some.”

Côte d’Ivoire’s Museum of Civilisations is now back and determined to recover its place as one of the richest museums of African art in the world—a place of “incomparable wealth,” as Senegal’s late poet-president, Leopold Sedar Senghor said in a 1971 visit.

The dream of having a large museum of contemporary African art has finally been realised. This dream, nurtured by former Puma CEO, art collector and now museum creator and patron, Jochen Zeitz, in collaboration with the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, has resulted in the Zeitz MOCAA – the Museum of Contemporary Art Africa.