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 […]
Igwe Achebe @ 75: Dissecting evolving traditional institution as catalyst for devt
The 33rd Centre for Values In Leadership’s Leader Without Title (LWT) Leadership Colloquium held in honour of His Majesty Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, Agbogidi of Onitsha at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, was one of those unique occasions that reflect the beauty of cultures of the people of Nigeria.
Authors brainstorm on way forward
The book industry has suffered a lot due to mirage of issues like decline in readership, censorship, royalty, and remuneration coupled with the piracy that seek to kill the effort of the authors.
Down the Rabbit Hole: Critical reflection on mega city
By Prisca Sam-Duru Photographer and filmmaker, Logor’s recent body of work titled Down The Rabbit Hole is at the moment, making waves at Alara Contemporary Art, Victoria Island, Lagos. Down The Rabbit Hole, the artist’s maiden exhibition at ALARA Art is part of the ‘ALARA Emerging Artists Series’ which opened last Friday and runs till […]
Artists transverse borders for real identity
After embarking on series of trip from Nigeria to various countries of the world, the Trans African Road trip project otherwise known as Invisible borders which started in 2009 will this year explore the various states of Nigeria.
Race for 2016 The Nigeria Prize for Lit begins
For Nigerian writers resident all over the world, April 27 marked the beginning of the race for who becomes the next winner of The Nigeria Prize for Literature, following the submission of the 173 entries received for the 2016 edition of the prize, to the panel of judges. This marks the beginning of another circle of the four-year rotation of the prize among the four literary genres – prose, poetry, drama and children’s literature. This year focuses on prose fiction.
