Arts & Books

Arrows of Rain by Okey Ndibe; Bookcraft, Ibadan, Nigeria; 20th Anniversary Edition 2021; 230pp Okey Ndibe’s acclaimed debut novel Arrows of Rain was published in Year 2000 as one of…

It Is A Goal! No! – The Necessity of Biafra by Hanum Mary Chioke ISBN: 978-978-977-670-2 2018 259pp Man’s existence on earth can be understood like a football match in…

AGAINST TERRORISM By Nduka Chidi Uzuakpundu Sign on to the Kyoto treaty Sink into the anti-ballistic missile treaty Sync with anti-racism campaign Swing with the anti-slavery crusade Slip into the…

Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka is an acknowledged classic of world theatre. It has been staged across the continents to wide acclaim. The drama has in the…

A Taste Of Success by Azuh Arinze; Yes International Ventures, Akute, Ogun State; 2022; 298pp One way of making a success of one’s life is to follow the lead of…

Conversations With Showbiz Stars by Azuh Arinze; YES International Ventures, Akute, Ogun State; 2022; 294pp The 1954 American film There Is No Business Like Show Business, directed by the legendary…

It takes a playfully mischievous magician to conjure heavy rain to beat on his audience once he takes the stage. Mischief sits well in the Majek Fashek magic. Majek was…

Rendering public service in any capacity needs to be documented in a book so that posterity can have a handle on the affairs of the homeland. The book Ebelechukwu Obiano…

Oasis In The Desert Of Time – Critical Perspectives on the Nature of GOD for Cosmic-Consciousness & Spiritual Growth by Godson Onochie Amechi; Ezu Books Ltd, Enugu, Nri, Abuja, Connecticut;…

Ekiti State Governor John Kayode Fayemi has remained an ever-present at every stage of Nigeria’s democratic drive. He was on the frontline in the fight against military rule. Unlike the…

The Centrist Manifesto by Uchenna Nwankwo; Centrist Books – An Imprint of Centrist Productions Ltd, Ikeja, Lagos; 2022; 202pp Books that change history do not come as heavy tomes. Back…

This year marks the 64th birthday anniversary of the iconic novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. Things Fall Apart was first published on June 17, 1958 by William Heinemann,…

By Nkanu Egbe purple robes adorn our bodies as stench from decaying limbs signal turbulence. we wine and dine in this room where cadavers are laid like logs, pulling the…

Obi Cubana is not just a patron of the arts, but an artiste in his own right. Take the message from the master minstrel, Gerald Eze, the genius of the…

The impact of Nollywood on Nigerian youths has been a thing of concern and uneasiness to me, especially with the recent news of a 23-year- old young man arrested for…

Aah, It’s The Young Nigerian Boy! Memoirs by Caesar Kagho; CHP and Talkback Publishers, Warri, Delta State; 2019; 206pp  ——– Good books are written in Nigeria but you hardly ever…