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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Google Doodle Celebrates Chinua Achebe On What Would Have Been His 87th
The Google Doodle for today is dedicated to the GREAT CHINUA ACHEBE. Google created a google doodle marking what would have been Chinua Achebe’s 87th birthday. Chinualumogu Albert Achebe was born on the 16th day of November 1930. He was…
10 Reasons Why We Should All Read THE CHIBOK GIRLS by HELON HABILA
On the night of April 14, 2014, 276 girls from the Chibok Secondary School in northern Nigeria were kidnapped by the deadly terrorist group – Boko Haram. Fifty-seven of them escaped over the next few months, but most were never…
Poet Yrsa Daley-Ward Talks Sexuality, Relationship and Mental Health With Eve...
If you are a fan of what people have come to term “new-age” poetry then you must know Yrsa Daley-Ward. You should know her. Alongside the African-American poet Nayyirah Waheed, Zimbabwean bard Tapiwa Mugabe and Nigerian writer Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Yrsa Daley-Ward, who is of…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Wins Harper Bazaar’s Writer of The Year
Chimamamda Ngozi Adichie wins Writer of the year at the Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards 2017. Haper Bazaar celebrates inspirational people every year through their annual awards. Awards are given to women in different fields – writers to…
Letter To A Friend – Victor Adedayo
Dear Okechukwu, The first time we met, you were holding a copy of Yejide Kilanko’s Daughters Who Walk This Path. You gushed about the book and told me how interesting it was. I just finished reading it and I want…