The road to Ajegunle is rough. On this hot Lagos noonday the rickety, overcrowded kombi bus takes almost an eternity to get to Boundary Bus-Stop, the bustling gateway into Nigeria’s …
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By DeMoat Hub Nigeria Book Title: Surviving Domestic Violence (My Story) Author: Oduware Asemota Publisher: Real Choice Consults, Nigeria Date of Publication: 2024 Reviewer: DeMoat Hub Nigeria Number of Pages: 120 …
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There is a new hard-hitting book on my desk entitled This Fiction Called Nigeria: The Struggle for Democracy by Adewale Maja-Pearce. It has just been published by Verso, in London, …
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The docudrama Fela: The Man and His Music is a fact-driven story of Fela Anikulakpo-Kuti that focuses on the legendary musician’s defiant crusade against injustice in the brutal military era. …
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A Triple Dobale To Wole Soyinka @90 1.Enigmata. You hated fruitless journeys abroad, yetAligned into a wasted generation at home: Preferred Kafka quaffed in straight draughtsYet stooped to housebreak Euripides …
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We take so much pride in telling lies to ourselves as Nigerians. The Nigeria-Biafra war officially ended back in 1970, but so-called Nigerian leaders have made the country even more …
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The written word is lord over the universe. The coming of the internet instead of killing the book as prophesied by some never-do-wells has in fact enshrined the great books …
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May 11 is globally known as “The Bob Marley Day”. It is now 43 long years since the lionized music legend Bob Marley died. Robert Nesta Marley died at 11.40am …
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It’s often a matter of propriety to shower praise on the dead. The more so when the deceased is human. But even that is apart from some rare occasions. Like …
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I’m not a big fan of reality TV programmes: the original concept of showcasing the lives of ordinary people has been lost in a maelstrom of faceless (and often talentless) …
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Public relations as it concerns the media has received a much-needed breakthrough in the just published book Media Relations Playbook: 25 Proven Effective Hacks by Chido B. Nwakanma. Contemporary developments …
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One does not need to write too many words to signify the essence of the gem named Azuh Arinze. He has all on his own written himself into the consciousness …
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A few days ago, I was to run into a video where Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, former vice president of Nigeria was eulogizing General Buhari. From the video, I was …
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The last time any Nigerian won an international prize for short stories was 2019. That writer was Lesley Nneka Arimah who won the Caine Prize for her story, “Skinned”. Her …
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Chief Obafemi Awolowo famously described his wife as “the jewel of inestimable value.” In the political evolution of Nigeria Awo was the great lion that made things happen. Mama HID …
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Book: Majek Fashek Before And After The Rain (A Memoir of A Rastafarian’s Reign and Ruin) Author: Azuka Jebose Molokwu Publisher: Purple Scroll Reviewer: Isidore Emeka Uzoatu. A book, …