Canadian poet Anne Carson wins 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature
By Prisca Sam-Duru STOCKHOLM — Canadian poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. Carson, 76, was honoured “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature,” the Swedish Academy said on Thursday. The prize was announced […]
SOCIAL MEDIA RIFFS: Keeping public toilets clean
By Kelechi Ihunanya Amadi Of all the experiences I had in boarding school, I think the most harrowing was the constipation I had in the second term of my stay there. I was barely 11 and, even with the presence of guardian angels such as Amadi Ijeoma, Juliana Nnokwe, Thelma Mma Ekezie-Mezieobi, Echefu Ihechi Linda […]
Kenny Fasipe drops new single to mark birthday
By Prisca Sam-Duru Those who have reservations about rock music will definitely be singing a different tune after listening to Kenny Fasipe’s new single which hits the airwaves on his birthday, Wednesday, January 8, 2021. Titled, ‘Mo Dupe’ (thank you), the single, presented in both Yoruba and English languages, is part of what the artist […]
Globalization: Practices that threaten African culture
By Chukwuma Ajakah The contemporary African society is fraught with “innovations” of borrowed culture that have got a lot of the people inexorably alienated from their own culture. As a consequence of their dabbling into foreign cultures in quest of knowledge, adventure or personal fulfillment, many are losing touch with the value system that should […]
Arts and Culture in 2020
By Prisca Sam-Duru It is hard to point at a particular period or year in modern history that has shaped humanity the way the year 2020 has. No thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to the global crisis, insecurity, the ENDSARS protest, poor economy, corruption in form of looting of the nation’s treasury by […]
My greatest joy is being listed in Forbes 2020 — Eni
By Prisca Sam-Duru Emmanuel Eni, popularly called “Blackman in European Kitchen”, is a German-based Nigerian painter, sculptor, multimedia performance artist, poet, and philosopher, who has just been listed in Forbes 2020. Having attended so many institutions including London’s Royal Academy of Art, the gifted artist describes his experience being in various universities reading art as, […]
