APART from the ordinary issues language experts and others know about English, what other thing is the language known for or can be used. This has been the contentious issue until, Toluwalase Oladimeji presents yet another incremental instalment to the corpus of culminated knowledge with his work tagged English, the Language of the Gods. In the well researched paper that took the author to various places, the script writer and researcher took many students and language experts further in their understanding of this global lingua franca as he tries to unlock the secret behind ancient Egypt’s nomenclature, tracing its root to an unexpected linguistic provenance.

AT a time when the country is experiencing harsh economic realities, the encouraging words from guests and launchers at the public presentation of The Sun Shall Soon Shine, a collection of poetry written by Offa, Kwara State-born Sociology graduate, Adejoke Ajibade-Bakare , were enough to assure Nigerians that in spite of living in one of the most crucial moments in the history of the country, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Corruption, greed and unpatriotism will make perfect storyline any time, any day in any African narrative, for as long as her leaders remain insensitive to the need for total transformation of the continent. In Chidubem Iweka’s latest offering to literary firmament; a 64-page drama titled, August Inmates,the above issues and more, echo the priority of changing the African narrative by no other than Africans themselves. Published by Krafts Books, Ibadan, Oyo State, August Inmates is an exquisite book that exposes the levels of corruption in an imaginary African country as well as how to deal with the perpetrators of this unholy act.

When Art Twenty One, was opened at the expanded wing of Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, its promoters, said that it was designed to lift the city as an ‘art destination, and ever since then it has attracted a lot of art collectors, promoters and lovers with interesting array of works. Recently, the centre opened its doors to a solo exhibition by Ivorian artist Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, a.k.a Aboudia, entitled Chap Chap, in collaboration with Galerie Cécile Fakhoury in Abidjan. The exhibition which follows the artist’s continued interest in exploring the urbanity of Abidjan’s cityscape and the culture of the “Nouchi”, a pidgin language that emerged in the Ivory Coast in the early 1980s, opened on February, 13 and will run till end of March, 2016.

“What type of attention is that? Insulting a man before his subordinates?” Mrs Bulama was getting angry.