“Remove ya drouse na.” Ibrahim scowled as he returned from checking to see if the coast was clear. The sight of her micro-mini boxer shorts had annoyed and excited him at the same time. He [...]
May 172012
Mazi Nwonwu
Jan 012012
It was billed to be a major event; the very last edition of the exciting Book N Gauge for the eventful year 2011 however started an hour late—early for a naija event. The event, billed [...]
Dec 152011
It would not be farfetched to declare that the literary scene in Nigeria is on fire. There might not have been any corresponding reverse in the reading culture of Nigerians as it is – yet. [...]
Sep 302011
Odili Ujubuonu’s third novel “Pride of the Spider Clan” is a work of fiction unlike many of its time. The novel, which concludes the tale of an enterprising Aro clan that began in “Pregnancy of [...]
Aug 102011
Writing has its forgettable aspects – such as those misspelt words, grammar misses and all other unsavoury word smears that make even the best of us want to crawl and hide our head in shame. [...]
Jun 142011
Every writer, I hear, gets to feel very much like a fraud now and then, that feeling of inadequacy, of pretending to be something he/she has little if no right to assume. Well, this is [...]
May 102011
Most young writers in Nigeria fall into the fallacy of thinking they possess something that their forerunners did not. Adaobi Nwaubani the award-winning author of “I do not come to you by chance” demonstrated this [...]
Apr 042011
It was the 7th instalment of celebrityReads Africa, and another chance for us to see them do their thing. This time round we had a writer; Okechukwu Ofili, a comedian; Mandy, actor; Monalisa Chinda, the [...]
Mar 272011
As the old man pushed away from the bamboo pier, he turned to wave to the two-year-old boy for whom he was making this particular trip to the local government office – two hours down [...]
Mar 202011
Okay, I admit it, African timing messed me up, again. I know I had promised before to enter the modern age and dump all these excuses, but you know how it is. Like when I [...]
Jan 272011
Two can play that game Bimbo drove into the parking lot of the governors’ lodge, her mind on red alert. She had giving much thought to what Sola told her, and tried to equate what [...]
Jan 252011
Lust Balogun Kasim pulled into his expansive compound and parked the car near the entrance; he did not want to wake the entire household. Once again, he was grateful for his foresight in installing a [...]
Jan 232011
Contract killer The big black Mercedes crawled lazily through the night-ridden street, bypassing cars of diverse make packed along a single lane potholed street. It was late, at about 1pm, a time when most of [...]
Dec 302010
I lie silent, making no sound, save the swishing that is my restless legs sliding across the palm fronds scattered around the bench on which I lay, while inside me rages a tempest. Words I [...]
Oct 312010
The sky is turning cobalt
The air becomes denser
Evening’s aura pervades
Home become the minds call
Birds more straighter flies as
Cattle upon the pastures mew
Calling to home the Sheppard’s heart
For there left over milk curdles