Ikilo fun reader translates Warning to the reader: This is not exactly a review, as i am not in a position to review an anthology in which my story appears, it is just my [...]
Apr 212012
Elly Turtoe
Aug 212011
For this review I choose not to call El-Nukoya’s work a novel; there is nothing novel about it (after taking into cognizance the fact that literally speaking novel means a new story), tales like this [...]
Jul 182011
Compiled by Elly Turtoe with synopsis by the publishers. Burma Boy, by Biyi Bandele At just 14 years old, Ali Banana, a boy as sweetly goofy as his name, decides to leave his village in Nigeria [...]
Jun 082011
Watching Uncle J.J lead the fight for resource control was how I prepared for the future. I had read a lot about Martin Luther King Jnr. but Uncle J.J personified him for me. He like [...]
Apr 122011
From this entry, I want to establish if the dialogue moved the plot forward, please if you spot any unnecessary dialogue, kindly point it out. Thanking you all in anticipation. After the act guilt [...]
Apr 092011
A reverie is not always what it seems; sometimes it is real life hiding itself snug in your imaginations. So it was that after the revolution that ran through Tunisia, Egypt, Libya et al in [...]
Sep 242010
Efe’s left hand rubbed his neck as he convinced me to go for the competition, I spared his faded bIack jean a glance and returned my gaze to his face. “Efe are you sure of what [...]
Sep 042010
As writers description is one art we need to cultivate and colours are a great tool to use for description, i just thought to play with colours and ended up putting this write-up together. Have [...]
Aug 162010
No, hearts had to get broken, memories, promises, emotions, marriages, relationships, friendships, love, spirits, people, dreams, these also get broken.
Aug 112010
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Jul 262010
IT LIVES HERE TOO … I noticed it was living in our next door neighbour’s house before I realized it also lived in our very own house. Even though I knew of its existence, it [...]
Jul 172010
Author: Eddie Iroh Book:Without a Silver Spoon Word count: 250 words. Without a Silver Spoon stirred up in me a love for reading Nigerian books. My heart went out to the protagonist Ure Chokwe, a [...]