WARS, WARS EVERYWHERE AND NO PEACE It is said that if there is no war, there is no peace. But unfortunately, even if there was peace, it never lasts. It can take towards the end [...]
WARS, WARS EVERYWHERE AND NO PEACE It is said that if there is no war, there is no peace. But unfortunately, even if there was peace, it never lasts. It can take towards the end [...]
Moon look… I looked upon the moon, struggling to see its tortured face through its brightness, a face that observes mother earth, hears all though earless, a messenger for the Leal – its land of [...]
There was a time Jerry Agada flagged off his new project to promote reading and literary activities in Benue State tagged Reading tour and lecture circuit. This project was intended to promote reading in the [...]
Minerva Press is a typical example of vanity publishing. A report says that it was Britain’s largest vanity publishing company, but now it has ceased trading. Its phones at its Leicester office have been cut [...]
There comes a time in a person’s life when one wishes to express himself in writing. Most people at some point in their lives have this desire, this dream to write a book, whether a [...]
The Theme of Social & Political Injustice in Zulu Sofola’s ‘King Emene’ & Esiaba Irobi’s ‘Nwokedi’ It has been said that injustice is a wrongful action, a situation where people are treated unfairly. This research [...]
The legendary English Romantic poet, William Wordsworth defined poetry as “an outburst of powerful emotions recollected in tranquillity”. I wish to accept Wordsworth’s definition in this case. In an interview conducted by Obu Udeozo, a [...]
CHARACTERS:- PETER, a legislator’s son CHARLIE, a senator’s son SAM, a civil servant’s son MONICA, a politician’s daughter ANGELA, a judge’s daughter ASSUMPTA, a farmer’s daughter (In a small but expensively furnished room, there is [...]
CHARACTERS:- MRS. VOLTA SMADA NEERI DANGE DOCTOR POLICEMAN (The setting of this short play is the normal arrangement of a rich-looking parlour. MRS. VOLTA, a woman of middle age, is seen sitting on an expensive [...]
Oracle Books and Orange Academy with the support of CORA, Committee For Relevant Arts, present EDIBLE BONES, a classic and exciting coming-of-age story by the multiple award winning writer, Unoma Azuah. Time: Saturday, December 17 [...]
With a mix of self-disgust and self-anger I write this. I am so ill-prepared. If I write about me, would it change anything? Would it fulfil the dream I ‘built’ to dream? In an unsure [...]
Scene Four (Back at the dining room in Frank’s house. Anong barges in with a small travelling bag. He drops it on the floor and sits down on one of the chairs dejectedly. Afterwards, Choba [...]
Scene Three (A hotel room: a single bed, a table and armchair and a telephone on top, three beautiful portraits hung on the wall along with a decorative clock. Frank is seen speaking on the [...]
DRAMATIS PERSONAE:- Mr. Frank Ozioko Mrs. Julia Ozioko Nkechi Aishatu Grace Hamza Anong Choba Maduka Mr. Ulu Sherry POLICEMAN PRIEST Scene One (An old couple’s bedroom; it has a wardrobe, a table and its chair, [...]
Act Two (The same as before, only this time there is a chair situated at the very back of the stage. Ben is seen sitting on the bare floor, eating food in a forlorn and [...]
DRAMATIS PERSONAE:- BEN MYLES BEGGAR THREE POLICEMEN WOMAN IN WRAPPER FEMALE PASSER-BY A DRIVER A PASTOR Act One (There is nothing on stage except a bus-stop signpost. MYLES, dressed in an expensive three-piece suit, saunters [...]
Work resumed for me after those five days I asked for. My boss called me to his office as soon as I registered for work this morning. He was in a pensive mood when I [...]
We’re here… Shht! We’re here, on tiptoe to completely extract that semen of conceit and deceit, that semen of no weight, that common water from them who solely depend on it, white-hearted in disguise – [...]
In our obodo Nigeria, there are definitely great women. Presently, there is Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Federal Minister of Finance, who secured our debt relief from the Paris Club. I am sure we [...]
Akachi Ezeigbo talks about the constraints and challenges of the woman writer (“Constraints and challenges of the woman glass ceiling crasher: The woman writer’s perspective”, Sunday Vanguard, November 21, continued November 28, 2004): “Men controlled [...]
How does one begin to define a woman? Maybe because of the kind of power a woman has, a woman could be defined as “woe” to man. A woman is also termed to be a [...]
CHARACTERS:- ALHAJI HALIMA SHEPHERD (A room in a hotel. The room is in total disarray: an unmade single bed, some items of clothing all about the place, a box of clothes kept open on the [...]
The day of the wedding came. I was Christie’s maid of honour and Paul was Aaron’s best man. There was heavy hustling and bustling during that feast. Bunmi was the leader of the flower girls. [...]
TWENTY-FIVE Nick heaved a sigh longer than a sigh. Yes! Those memories maimed him in fact. The injection slowly had effect on him. He slowly fluttered his eyes and sleep carried him. His head was [...]
NOTE: Gosh, why won’t my fingers stop ‘itching’, hm? It’s sad sha, really. Well, formerly titled SHOULD I MARRY MY FATHER’S KILLER?, this story was first published in a local state-owned newspaper for fourteen weeks [...]
Please note that this is officially my second novel I’ve written in my lifetime, and I had quite a young tender mind when I scribbled this particular book on paper. So, enjoy this slice I’m [...]
Act Four, Scene One (The stage is now divided into two, signifying a restaurant, FALLON FAMILY RESTAURANT, and its kitchen. MR. & MRS. FALLON enter, exhausted. MR. FALLON goes to the bar.) MR. FALLON: I [...]
CHARACTERS:- A YOUNG WOMAN A YOUNG MAN (In an empty department of a higher institution. A bench is placed beside a wall riddled with papers stuck to it. These papers contain a variety of departmental [...]
Act Three, Scene One (Back in the room at the backyard of a cathedral. MRS. FALLON is packing up the flowers into a tromp-box when MR. FALLON enters.) MRS. FALLON: Did you talk with him? [...]
Lying to my late father in order to extract more money than usual was a necessary act because I needed the money to sustain myself in school. Deliberately misdirecting a mad man from his victim [...]
-Scene Two- (At a wide balcony of a storey building. AJOKE, dressed in a light black swimsuit, is preparing a small picnic. She has spread out the mat, opened the basket of food and is [...]