“African writer” is, I feel, a label for those in the West to lump vastly different people together. “Nigerian writer” is a more useful term, but then again it’s not …
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Charles Taylor, former Liberian President, was very brutal and ruthless to Nigerians. He marked them out as his number one foes and acted in accordance with that hate mentality. But …
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“Our country, like many others, has a long history of emotional violence and literature exposes this, because unlike the history books and the journals, literature chronicles emotions – Sefi Atta”
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“Our country, like many others, has a long history of emotional violence and literature exposes this, because unlike the history books and the journals, literature chronicles emotions – Sefi Atta”
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Writers are not protected from discrimination. When I worked as an accountant I dealt with discrimination and I’m still dealing with it now. It’s funny, looking back from my first …
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Is there a conspiracy to put black actors and writers down?
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Ramsey Nouah’s face is better known around the black and African world than the face of the president of Nigeria. Born in July 1973, his face has sold many Nigerian…
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Actor, Producer and director Fred Amata is of the well-known Amata show business family. One of the pioneers of the Nigerian movie industry, Fred is better known these days as…
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Sola Osofisan: Uche, I’ve known you for years as someone who does not like any kind of stress in her life. What is someone like you doing in the acting…
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I have interviewed many people in my time…But I have never had the pleasure of interviewing someone as obviously unpretentious as Stella Damasus-Aboderin. The star of movies like DANGEROUS DESIRE…
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When the Washington Post was going to do the article on Nigerian movies, it was me that they called. The guy was on the phone with me for an hour …
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What is this Nnaji mystique that has her audience colliding heads so joyfully, crawling, craving some time in her sun? Star quality is what it is. The amount of talent …
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I have a friend who always jokes and says “isn’t life ironical? You that was born to play, you went to school to study and now they actually give you …
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In the Footsteps of Achebe: Enter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nigeria’s Newest Literary Voice
by Ike Anyaby Ike AnyaDo NOT copy John Grisham. And as you write a story, imagine that your parents and uncles and aunties and relatives will NEVER read it. You are more likely to …