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When Obasanjo & Uba Brothers Dealt with Anambra State

In the halcyon days of his regime, President Olusegun Obasanjo touted Christianity and Pharisaical prayers. He had a sedulous apostle in then Anambra Governor,...

If You Want To Write A Great Book, Go To Prison

I am allergic to dictators, even if they somehow manage to dress up in democratic robes. Nigerians cannot ever forget in a hurry how some...

Remembering My Time with Okot p’Bitek at Great Ife

Okot p’Bitek, the great Ugandan poet, author of Song of Lawino, always held court at the bar in the foyer of Oduduwa Hall, the...

D.O. Fagunwa’s Translators: Burdens Or Assets?

Whenever the full history of Nigerian literature is written, Daniel Olorunfemi Fagunwa (popularly known as D.O. Fagunwa), the Yoruba language novelist, would certainly occupy his rightful...

Wole Soyinka Publishes New Novel

It is cool by me to let out this news item as a World Exclusive: Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka will publish his long-awaited third...

Sacrament to Mediocrity

Nigeria is a sacrament to mediocrity, stumbling towards Armageddon; a metaphor of dysfunction, hovering dangerously over the precipice. Over and above being a testament...

Waiting for the 90th: Two poems to WS @ 70 and 80

ENIGMATA (TO WOLE SOYINKA @ 70) You hated fruitless journeys abroad, yetAligned into a wasted generation at home: Preferred Kafka quaffed in straight draughtsYet stooped to...

Thunder Strikes 86 Times In Celebration Of Wole Soyinka

Even the elements are not left out: Lightning! Thunder! They all celebrate Oluwole Akinwande Soyinka, that is, Wole Soyinka for short.             Wole Soyinka threw...

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