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Exploring attendant fights and love among siblings

Exploring attendant fights and love among siblings

By kehinde Adeleke Chinua Achebe, the author of ‘Things Fall Apart’ and one of the founding fathers of African literature, in an August 2000 The Atlantic magazine interview said, “It was not actually clear to us at the time what we were doing. We were simply writing our story. Seven years after that interview, Chelsea […]

Dotun Popoola’s ‘Metal & Metaphor’ for launch

Dotun Popoola’s ‘Metal & Metaphor’ for launch

Nigeria’s talented and synergetic metal sculptor, Dotun Popoola, who has carved a niche for himself via his hyper realistic metal sculptures, is launching his book entitled, “Metal and Metaphor”. The book launch takes place today, April 10, 2021 at Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos

Culture Minister celebrates with Brazilian descendants in Nigeria

Culture Minister celebrates with Brazilian descendants in Nigeria

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, yesterday, April 5, 2021, celebrated the annual Brazil Descendants Festival with the offspring of Nigerians, especially the Yoruba, who were carried to Brazil as slaves but returned many years ago and resettled on the Lagos Island

The victims in Olalekan Ajayi’s Questioning Voices

The victims in Olalekan Ajayi’s Questioning Voices

Against the backdrop of the unmitigated assaults on the citizenry, Olalekan Ajayi sums up his reflections on the multifarious societal ills with the verdict that “We are all victims of rape” in his new collection of poems, “Questioning Voices”. As in JP Clark’s “The Casualties”, Olalekun observes that no one is exempted from the evil that bestrides the land