Other People’s Sundays
By Nasirudeen Muritala I have watched families eat togetherthrough windows I was never invited behind,a father stealing meat from his child’s plate,a mother complaining about the messwhile secretly smiling at it. They make ordinary things look sacred,school runs, arguments, birthdays,someone shouting from upstairs,“Have you seen my keys?” and another voice answering from the kitchen.I used […]
Faith at Cross Fire
Readers of this review will wonder at what makes funeral, which in its deep denotative African sense is seen to be a harbinger of pain, anguish and sorrow an aesthetic exercise. Ironically, this exigency in pain, sorrow and loss at some levels provides rich and deep cultural, religious and scholarly aesthetics.
God, the catholic way
15 track gospel music discs titled; Song of Unity from the porch of St. Michael Catholic Choir, Enyigogu Mbaise is a worthy re-invention of the dwindling Catholic Church music being continually threatened by modern day Pentecostal church songs.
Ambivalence : Igwe Achebe renews call on national cultural policy
Obi of Onitsha, His Majesty Nnaemeka Achebe, last week in Lagos reiterated the urgent need to review the much delayed National Policy on Arts and Culture in order to enhance the development of the industry.
Offiong’s Journey around colours…
There are several ways that one can document one’s travelogue experiences. It can be done through the media of journalistic essay, poetry, photography or through the means of other creative arts, like painting and sculpting.
Building Mbari home in Igbo land
In construction of an Mbari house, it is the priest who coordinates the selection of Mbari workers called “Ndi Mgbe” and the work is not done by every able-bodied man and woman. Rather the priest begins by inviting a diviner (dibia) to do the selection of Mbari workers.
