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...

The Poetry Of Man And Machines

We should take a cue from Jesus Christ who is the greatest example of soul friendship. He was always available, always listening, always ready to forgive, yet He feels the pain of rejection. Who knows how many beautiful poems we've failed to hear...

Where On Earth Is Evi-Edna Ogholi Ogosi?

I recently stumbled upon some of Evi Edna Ogholi Ogosi's tunes posted on Youtube and oh my God, they brought back lots of memories and nostalgic feelings of my days as a boy growing up in the city of Lagos...

Gerd Meuer: Encounter with the Oyinbo Pepper

The African Oyinbo who has transcended the length and breath of the Africa continent is in town to present his book written about his long time equally larger-than- life friend, the man he proudly calls Kongi- our own enigmatic Wole Soyinka...

Fire on the Mountain – A Mind of Your Own

It will be dim-witted not to appreciate the works of Asa who landed on the Nigeria music shores a couple of years ago. Listening to the France-based Nigerian performer sing can’t but captivate an individual...

Emerging Talents: Nollywood and the future of African Cinema

At the very heart of the Nollywood phenomenon is a concept in African philosophy called ontological solidarity, where the strength of one is derived from the group. Modern management calls it synergy...

Homecoming for Dr. Patrick Wilmot’s Demons

Even by Wilmot’s own accounts he was a meddlesome meddler in Nigeria’s internal affairs. Reading this book, one imagines Wilmot as the Forrest Gump of Nigeria, a Jamaican national seemingly everywhere deeply immersed in Nigerian affairs, gallivanting in alleys that would have gotten a Nigerian shot...

A Mouth Sweeter than Salt: An African Memoir

This is not so much a memoir but a rollicking history lesson told by Falola with all his might. If I was a dictator I would decree that every African must buy this book and read it. This boy soldier offered us a long peep into the rich dark corridor of a patriarchy...

Nigerian Musicians and Comedians

If you’ve been listening and dancing to western and Latin-American music for most of the year, and suddenly, you hear the African music, gosh, it moves your soul; it touches the core of your humanity...

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US Diplomacy in Africa

It often amuses me when I read reports from Western journalists, who are fractionally knowledgeable about African history and civilization. Yet, these form the basis of preachings to Africans everywhere…

Lighting Up Nigeria Requires Lighting Up our Minds!

Provision of energy - like building dams, commissioning a power station and putting juice into the grid is one of those truly epochal engineering feats that define the strength of the soul of a nation...

Exorcising the Evil Curse of Oil Greed

Oil has retarded the ability of Nigerians of differing regions and differing talents to invest in far more rewarding activities other than angling for revenue allocations, graduating to become class valedictorians of the latest set of kidnappers, or yahoo boys...

The Thieves at Seme Border

That Nigeria is a lawless country is an under-statement....

Africa's Day In Calgary (1)

Poor kid, probably thinking Africa is on another planet and you guys must have travelled in a space ship to get here…in my days as a child, all we knew about Africa were the animals…

A Humane Proposal For Buhari: Resign

There’s a chance that President Muhammadu Buhari would have...

He’s Just Not That Into You…

Sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending; we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell the ones who want us from the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave...

Education in Nigeria: The Return of Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai as Minister

The return of Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai as minister of education will signal a shift and a renewed commitment to education as President Goodluck Jonathan continues to demonstrate transformational leadership and his vision for education...

Nigeria Needs Unity!

The historical development of nation states have proved that we can not develop as a nation unless we condition ourselves to be able to engage each other in a more civilized and logical manner...

Anegbehgate: The Aborted Diplomatic Coup D’état and Scam Aimed at Hijacking the Leadership of NIDO-Malaysia

It is a known reality that since its inauguration as a Non-Governmental body, various chapters of Nigerians in the Diaspora Organization (NIDO), are being faced with assorted challenges...