What comes to mind and centre when thinking of Sam Omatseye latest book, Obito, is "THE KING IS DEAD" but is he? This story examines the traditional politics and cover up that attend the rumoured death of a Benin King. 'Obito' is short for Obituary in...
1.What is your name and what do you do? My name is Jude Idada. I am a writer, dramatist and filmmaker. 2. What compelled you to write Sankara? I wrote Sankara to show Africans what true leadership looks like. To disabuse their minds from the notion that we...
1. Cover feel: The cover is smooth, smooth as bottle or a Television screen. You feel peace when you run your fingers across. 2. Text design The text : Crocodile Girl could have been more beautiful if justified, as in, placed right in the middle. The font of the...
1. What is your name and what do you do? My names are Olukorede Sadiq Yishau. I am an Associate Editor with The Nation newspaper. 2. Please describe the writing process of In The Name of our Father. I wrote in this novel some 16 years ago. At that time...
There are six thought-provoking stories in Amara Nicole's book Son of Man, where she shares with us her passion for storytelling in this collection of short stories, which all have a taste of loss and a side of devastation. This book has a unique characteristic, because...
**ADEOLA AKINREMI The Nation newspaper has many good names written on it for bylines. Olukorede Yishau, an associate editor whose job at the newspaper is to plough through tons of news stories everyday for highest standards of journalism by The Nation reporters has an outstanding name. A...
*Victor Akande As the Nigerian political scene continues to seek the right leadership, notable Nigerian storyteller, Jude Idada joins the conversation with the production of ‘Sankara’, his second stage play this year. The play which received overwhelming feedbacks after it was staged at the Shell Hall of...
The coming of a new book is like a human birth. Grip a new baby in your arms and forget the agony of bringing it to life outside the womb. Hold or smell a new book and know the feeling of accomplishment. Accomplishment feels like...
Tell us about yourself. My name is Michael Perepase Afenfia and I am a writer. I have authored three critically acclaimed novels, A Street Called Lonely, When the Moon Caught Fire and Don’t Die on Wednesday. My son, Biboye, and I together authored Paxoid, a...
*Eye Kay Nwaogu Chika Unigwe is the beautiful author of the extremely interesting and critically acclaimed LNG prize-winning novel, On Black Sisters Street. That book is one of the best things I have read, but this is not about THAT book. It has fallen to me to...
With three full length novels under his belt, and an ongoing internet series, Michael Afenfia has turned to helping younger writers and aspiring creatives to find their niche. Saturday, March 3 2018 saw the author of Don't Die On Wednesday and a group of young...
Q. Tell us a little about yourself. A: I’m a young Nigerian male, in case there’s any confusion. I was born and bred in Benin City, Nigeria. Daytime accountant, night time aspiring writer. Music lover, movie goer, news junkie. Q. What prompted you to write Hang no Clothes...
Jerry Chiemeke “One never knows how life will turn sometimes, one minute you are cruising down the highway free and happy, singing along with the radio, and then, boom, you’re a head-on victim of some drunken idiot, and you wake up paralyzed in a hospital bed,...
Jerry Chiemeke It is fair to say that Nigerian fiction has grown in leaps and bounds. Authors in these parts have moved on from the days of “Without A Silver Spoon” and “One Week, One Trouble”, and are exploring newer themes. Of course, this is not...