Considering the central, even towering, role that journalists play in shaping the thoughts and perception of a nation, it often makes sense to acknowledge their contribution to national discourse whenever it comes in form of a book. For journalists who are blessed with long lives and remarkable careers in particular, the tendency to make their narratives the barometer for measuring the nation’s pulse is very high.

Poetry is one area that many people do not understand very well because it embraces the accessible as well as the inaccessible. But which ever way people see it, the mere fact that a poem is unclear does not disqualify it from being a poem as long as it possess all the poetic devices like rhythm, profundity, imagery etc. This is what many will see as they go through the refreshingly rich collection of poems by Abike Muyiwa titled “Uncut”.

As Nigeria gradually matches on to her centenary year come 2014, the modest effort of Port Harcourt based non governmental organization, the Rainbow Book Club, the organizers of Garden City Literary Festival, Garden City Book Fair and Get Nigeria reading may bestow on the nation a garland of honour in the area of book and human capital development.

All roads will, no doubt, lead to the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), venue of the launch and public presentation of two books written by former Chairman, Editorial Board of Vanguard, Chief Kola Animasaun.

African societies is the craze for European cultures at the expense of theirs. This is evident in the high level of western encroachment on the rural lifestyle of the people. But ordinarily, it is not supposed to be so as there are many positive values in some African cultures, hence the need to preserve and document them for posterity.