In the beginning
Father woos mother
Mother loves father
A union is born…
Feb 122012
rasheed
Feb 082012
Shakespeare says if music is the food of life, plays on. The same way a writer uses his words to paint pictures of life. We may not be able to identify the way a writer [...]
Dec 292011
To us they come with caps in hand
To wail and weep for our voting stand
Some empty promises they also cry
To take the Nation to heights so high;
Dec 272011
In the next five days, you will turn one! You will be 365 days old on the surface of the earth. Before we start counting, I want us to set the record straight. In the wise words of the Yoruba people, ti omode o ba ba itan, yio ba aroba. Aroba niyi baba itan ni.
Dec 222011
Helon habila’s Measuring Time is a story of a nation told vividly through the people. It is a narration that basically centres round characters and how their fears, ambitions, aspirations and philosophy affect their society.
Nov 092010
Apart from the clips of the film used in Segun Akinlolu’s classic song, Ikoko Akufo, I never had any encounter with the much touted culturally enriching movie until I saw it some weeks ago. Being [...]
Nov 022010
The following are the superstitious beliefs I came across in the popular autobiographical piece by Richard Wright: Black Boy. The claims are just a little bit different from those we used to lay claim to [...]
Oct 302010
We are a country that believes in so much words and little action. We love to couch intentions in big words which turn out to be a ruse at the end of the day. We [...]
Oct 122010
The impression a first reader of this Helon Habila’s work will have of this book is that of a romantic piece. Most especially, when the cover page and the content which is a list of [...]
Oct 072010
Just like the blurb rightly puts it, Toni Kan’s Nights of the Creaking Bed is full of colourful characters and as well, in my own opinion, interesting issues. These (characters and issues) come alive and [...]
Sep 232010
The collection of stories is a good companion any time, any day. Since it is a collection, I chose to start from the last story. Though, warned that the book is a collection of difficult [...]