Arts/Books

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Sunday, paid tribute to the departed African American poet, Maya Angelou, describing her as a...

The poetry, a social commentary on life in an African mega-city, touches on everyday challenges and the desire to find...

Wisdom Tales: From Grandma’s Hearth, Volumes 1 & 2 by Chinedu S. Agu; Triatlantic Books Ltd, New York, USA; 2008...

“His dexterity in building this case (the inevitability of government) set the right tone for this collection of essays.” In...

The celebration of late Chief Gani Fawehinmi was understandably more political than poetical. It is in the realms of politics...

The festival hopes to promote awareness on the power of documentary films The 4th edition of the iRepresent International Documentary...

Soyinka and the three other poets will contribute a total of nine poems to the anthology. The works of four...

Sunset At Noon--  By Adekoya Boladale   Sorrow feels the heart when hopes are lost, Bitterness consumes the soul when...

"I have tasted the grapes of rape...Terribly sour, burning like acid" He rammed into me Like a bull gone mad...

Nigeria’s foremost Mono Dramatist, Greg Mbajiorgu is currently on sabbatical in the Department of English Language and Literature of the...

If I had words, I would tell you stories that would make the wind weep.           ...

Two thousand thirteen was a year of surprise, Comprised of some highs, few sighs and goodbyes. It commenced when Obama...

There is the argument that writers who are interested in style are those who really have no burning issues to...

The book is an irony of its title. A Nigerian author, Malcom Tagbarha, has released a book, Everything Good About...

Amene’s book is controversial. The religious types will of course not have kind words for him. Plight of the Icarus:...

Fellow Countrymen: The Story of Coups D’etats in Nigeria By Richard Akinnola; Richkonsult, Abuja; Revised Edition 2013. Military coups and...

Professor Wole Soyinka was his vintage self responding to questions about his life, activism, and muse amongst others during an...

Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, is currently touring Ondo state. He writes on part of his trip, saying the state...

The exhibition will hold for two weeks and ends on December 14. All is set for the solo art exhibition...

Short science fiction stories about Lagos are to be published. What will Nigeria's commercial city be like a hundred years...

There hardly can be a more authentic history than that told by a king, than that told by the first...

The Ghanaian poet and diplomat, Kofi Awoonor, was one of the fifty-nine people murdered last month in Nairobi by Islamist...

Kofi Awoonor was among 69 people killed by terrorists in Kenya. Shortly after Tade Layo Ipadeola’s book of poetry, The...

Here & There, an exhibition celebrating the artistic journey of Polly Alakija, a seasoned painter, muralist, illustrator and designer, opens...

The multiform nature of the writing life of Wole Soyinka leads many readers into mixing the sequential sweep of the...