Obiora Udechukwu: Honoring Genius, Moral Integrity
Last Friday, my wife and I traveled from New York City to Canton, upstate New York State, the location of…
The Movie ‘76: Princewill from a tycoon, to politician, and now film maker
The name Prince Tonye Princewill does not need any introduction to any person who has been a keen observer of…
Why Prince Is Over-Rated
Prince had wanted to be something other, to be in some place other, and to feel something other but that…
Adieu Dieu De Rumba!
Magic System is an international African musical group made in Anoumabo in Marcory district of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. Twenty years…
What Somaliland Taught Me
Whether Americans or Africans, my friends reacted in much the same way when I disclosed I was headed for Hargeysa,…
Tamas Aczel: A Writer Who Inspired Me
One of the special joys of my time in the MFA program at the University of Massachusetts was taking a…
Of Pseudo Letter Writers and Authors
A letter is often a method or means of communication between two or more persons. Once penned and signed by…
Big Brother Africa: Tayo Faniran and the Lessons we Learnt
A lot of people who consider themselves ‘serious minded’ claim that they do not watch Big Brother Africa as it…
Words Mean More Than What Is Set On Paper…
A child is engaged with words than reading and this comes even with the child’s first days in school. Processing…
Okey Ndibe’s Epiphany
Okey Ndibe, your article on how Chinua Achebe saved you from James Hadley Chase makes me put on a green…
How Achebe Saved Me From James Hadley Chase
Two Saturdays ago, I had the privilege of giving a keynote at an international conference organized at the Senate House…
Film: Tool for Socio-cultural Integration and Tourism Promotion
Film, as the word implies, is defined as a thin sheet or strip of flexible material, such as a cellulose…
The Accidental Public Servant
It is an indelible historical fact that Nigerian political development has been shaped by chance happenings, of unprepared leaders accidentally jumping onto the stage, rigging themselves into high political offices, for which they are neither academically equipped nor did they possess the requisite experience in statecraft…
Bona Ezeudu: Using Art To Contain Tragedy
Bona’s current work is a testament to an artist’s insistence that art can serve as an idiom of rebirth. In the current works, Bona celebrates life and offers the ultimate honor to a son whose star was abbreviated far too soon…
Visiting the Lagos Black Heritage Festival
The 2013 “Black in the Mediterranean Blue” event, part of the Lagos Black Heritage Festival in Nigeria, will celebrate that strong cultural bond between Brazil and the people of Nigeria. This year’s festival will be themed around a “Bring Back Brazil” concept, with Professor Wole Soyinka as Festival coordinator…
Celebrities on “The Princess Halliday Show”
One of the most important television shows in the world is kicking off on DSTV this February. It is an Empower Africa Initiative show…