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Posts Categorized: 2017

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Our Favourite Quotes From THE SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEGI’S WIVES

One of our favourite African Literature is THE SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEGI’S WIVES BY LOLA SHONEYIN.  The humour is refreshing; but what is even more refreshing is the candid approach to infidelity.  Lola Shoneyin once wrote in The Guardian: The…

  • December 30, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERATURE

LETTER TO A FRIEND II (A REPLY) – OKECHUKWU ERINNE

Literary enthusiast, Victor Adedayo wrote a letter (published HERE – CLICK TO READ) to his friend Okechukwu, thanking him for recommending Daughters Who Walked This Path by Yejide Kilanko.   Okechukwu has written back. Enjoy! Dear Victor,  It would only be right…

  • December 25, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • ESSAYS

DEAR DELTA AIRLINES, YOU MUST DO BETTER – CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE

Author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes an “open letter” to DELTA AIRLINE on her Facebook Page. As lovers of Adichie, we share in her frustration… Read:  DEAR DELTA AIRLINES, YOU MUST DO BETTER Seven years ago, I sent this letter to Delta…

  • December 23, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERARY LIFESTYLE

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on wearing “SheIsDeluxe”...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is an author and so much more. She has since built a niche for herself in the fashion industry.  The author, in a recent article titled – MY FASHION NATIONALISM – wrote about why she decided to start her…

  • December 18, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERARY LIFESTYLE

My Book Affair – Chinyere Unique Nkemjika

When I was younger, my grandmother would make me sit on her lap and read stories from my Macmillan English Reader to her.  I read Ali and Simbi, Edet lives in Calabar and Mr. Sade the Farmer. I also read…

  • December 17, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • BOOK AFFAIRS

Cogitations 2017

If you are a lover of Art, Literature, Poetry and Good Music – THIS IS FOR YOU – COGITATIONS!!! Cogitations is a Spoken Word, and Music concert which seeks to effect change, to foster critical thinking through what is believed…

  • December 1, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • EVENTS

Conversations With Dami Ajayi

I remember walking into a bookstore in Port-Harcourt City sometime in October, looking through the various book shelves, I saw Dami Ajayi’s book – CLINICAL BLUES! I read few poems from the collection and made a mental note to reach…

  • December 1, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • INTERVIEWS

Lola Shoneyin Graces The Cover of GuardianLifeNg

When people looking to start reading African Literature ask us for recommendations we are always quick to scream “THE SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEGI’S WIVES”. Amarachi Agwu, a literary enthusiast, once described it as a candid approach to Infidelity.  Now…

  • November 27, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERARY LIFESTYLE

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is featured in the new photography book – 200...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been featured in a new photography book that shines light on the most inspiring, active, and intelligent women in the world. Geoff Blackwell and Ruth Hobday’s 200 Women: Who Will Change The Way You See The World contains…

  • November 21, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERARY LIFESTYLE

This Is How You Heal The Wound – Titilope Sonuga

Titilope Sonuga is a poet after our hearts. Her words are soothing – healing balms. I am interested in how her poems connect to our shared humanity – one of constant loss, grief, heartache. It is as though she knows…

  • November 17, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERATURE
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