Arts & Books

The Fortress of Delusion: Satire, Power and Self-Deception

By Enam Obiosio Uzor Maxim Uzoatu’s ‘White Men Can’t Write’ is not merely a short story. It is a political fable disguised as absurdist comedy,...

June 17 Is Achebe Day Because Of ‘Things Fall Apart’

On Tuesday, June 17, 1958, Things Fall Apart was published in England. The book has over the years become a standout phenomenon as one of...

Fighting With Writing

Viral Poems by Sunny Ayewanu; Bookdoctors Ventures Publishing, Lagos, Nigeria; 2025; 109pp Some people fight with guns, some others fight with the bomb, but the...

Scrap Creative Industry Financing Initiative

Scrap Creative Industry Financing Initiative, CIFI, CERLSI petitions FG Benin City, Nigeria…The Civil Empowerment & Rule of Law Support Initiative, CERLSI, has urged the Federal...

Free at last? Nigerian Artifacts may finally return home

Debunking persistent myths and showcasing that Africans had developed complex art and systems prior to slavery and colonialism. At last, quintessential Nigerian art may return...

Rapping: a Practice in Yoruba Culture that goes back a Millennium

If you do not tell the truth about what you know and understand about yourself, then others may tell lies based on what they...

“What’s My Name?”: The Brand that Changed How We Viewed Rap from Lagos to London

In 1992, the world of music changed and civility in the arts became a pejorative, as the once unacceptable and inflammatory content of hardcore...

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 St. Lawrence University. We...

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 the political milieu or...

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 other zone was always...

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 ago, four young boys...

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Beyond the Horizon: Nigeria’s Unwritten Chapter

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