The Arts

NPL: How three authors turned pain, history and faith into poetry 

NPL: How three authors turned pain, history and faith into poetry 

By Prisca Sam-Duru The 2026 edition of the Nigeria Prize for Literature nears its climax parading three poets, three different obsessions, but one common urgency — to hold a mirror to Nigeria. James Ngwu Eze writes against fear and silence. Tares Oburumu interrogates the colonial name we still bear. Ogaga Ifowodo asks a disturbingly simple […]
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My experiment with solo and ecological theatre – Mbajiorgu

My experiment with solo and ecological theatre – Mbajiorgu

Twenty one years ago when Greg Mbajiorgu staged his solo drama, Prime Minister’s Son, little did he know that his modest adventure into that theatrical path inaugurated in the Nigeria by late Funsho Alabi and Tunji Sotimirini would eventually stand him out as an important playwright to watch.

Odun Omo Olowu: Yam festival in another style

Odun Omo Olowu: Yam festival in another style

In some other communities, celebrating new yam eating is called yam festival. But in Owu Kingdom, where the veteran broadcasting journalist and unpretending evangelist, His Majesty Dr. Olusanya Adegboyega Dosunmu reigns on the throne as Olowu and the paramount ruler, yam festival has been encoded into a different brand.

Journey of the Nomad: Nigeria to Ghana…

Journey of the Nomad: Nigeria to Ghana…

OBI Nwaegbe’s, Tainted Vision 11 is another solo exhibition that projects the creative effort of the young and talented artist in the use of colors , palette knife and brush to evolving a diplomatic platform for mutual understanding among ethnicities, countries and institutions.

Culture, colour grace Obosi New Yam Festival

Culture, colour grace Obosi New Yam Festival

YAM is regarded as the king of crops among the Igbo people of South-East Nigeria. No wonder then that it is accorded so much respect and celebrated by the people every year. It is often believed that if a new yam is celebrated, the subsequent year will be more productive.

There Was A Country : Achebe’s journey in time…

There Was A Country : Achebe’s journey in time…

There Was A Country… A Personal History of Biafra by world literary icon, Chinua Achebe is no doubt, another tour de force from the master story teller, who in 1958 through the publication of his classic narrative; Things Fall Apart inaugurated the birth of what is today known as African literature. Besides being the mother and midwife of modern African literature according African American novelist, Michael Thelwel, Achebe is also an important essayist, poet, social commentator and cultural archivist.