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Cortisol: Dabo’s art prescription for healing

The artist whose artistic journey is inspired by a tradition enriched with memories of art, love for people, and communal existence, notes that his work focuses on spotlighting the unseen aspects of Africa's history, cultural heritage, and identity.
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I like to seduce people with my stories and language — Okey Ndibe

Novelist, political columnist and      essayist, Professor Okey Ndibe, is a US-based author of critically acclaimed novels; Arrows of Rain, published in 2000, Foreign gods, Never Look An American In The Eye, etc. In this interview with Prisca Sam-Duru , Ndibe talks about his new book,  problems with SSS and  sundry issues. Excerpt: What inspires […]

‘A Day Shall Come’

A Day Shall Come is the full debut collection of poems by Olalekan Joseph Ajayi, who according to the bio-brief on the back cover of the book, left majority of the poems unpublished for almost two decades.

How Dickson survived federal might en route to govt house

Politics as a game is supposed to be played in a friendly way, but the tendency to win elections at all costs better known as “do or die” attitude of today’s politicians has turned it to a great threat to Nigeria’s democracy. Despite the more than 16 years of return to democracy, the politicians have continued to treat elections as war, oftentimes, political opponents boast about “conquering” the incumbent’s seat, or they will “take over” power by any means possible with the aid of what they call “Federal might”, or the power of “Abuja forces”, and this has affected the smooth conduct of elections in the country.

Buchi Emecheta: Encomiums for a literary Amazon

Ever since the news about the passing of literary Amazon, Florence Onyebuchi (Buchi) Emecheta late January broke, it’s been accolades from literary communities both within and outside the shores of the country.

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