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Feb 142012
 
THE NAIJASTORIES TERMS OF USE, HOW FAIR?

It is time to address this serious e-issue. It is time we discussed this site’s “Terms of Use.” This is important because I suspect that many members of NaijaStories are not aware of its contents. [...]

Feb 132012
 
Proverbs as an African Literary Form

Once a scholar quipped: “What is great about proverbs? Anybody can utter them.” Somebody retorted “OK, tell one!” “Eh” and then he ponders. It is very hard indeed to condense so much wisdom in so [...]

Feb 072012
 
Breaking the literary glass ceiling

The screen adaptation of Chimamanda’s Half of a yellow sun is another milestone for the author and the Nigerian literati. It laid rest to whatever doubts there was about the creativity (and commercialism) of Nigerian literature. Some [...]

MY WORLD OF MOVIES

 Posted by abbey      88 views  Articles, Memoir
Feb 062012
 
MY WORLD OF MOVIES

From what I remember of Nigerian television in my own world, we used to keep a date with the NTA on my Grandfather’s massive TV set (the one with the sliding doors) and of course [...]

THE BOOK READING WITH A CLOWN

 Posted by isaac anyaogu      75 views  Articles
Feb 052012
 
THE BOOK READING WITH A CLOWN

Bobo Omotayo is a clown. He said so himself. But if you are not convinced, read his weird book, London Life, Lagos Living. Or just let him introduce himself to you. When a man says [...]

 
Look at ME please: The challenge of self-promotion in a super-sized world.

I’m sure most of you heard the news in 2011 that the world’s population has surpassed 7,000,000,000 people. What this means, is that there are a lot of us walking around on planet earth. Not [...]

 
'Dumbing down' the Nigerian youth

The contemporary Nigerian youth is in a perilous state. Perhaps his ignorance of this peril is more pernicious than the reality of the peril. The youth could be best described as a victim of ‘sensory [...]

 
A BITTER TOMORROW FOR NIGERIA

On the home page of my facebook account, I came across a link to a blog post that my friends, Raymond Elenwoke and Onyeka Nwelue, had shared. It displayed the luxurious lives the sons of [...]

 
CREATIVE WRITING AND PUBLISHING: FEARS AND PROSPECTS - 3

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 [...]

 
CREATIVE WRITING AND PUBLISHING: FEARS AND PROSPECTS - 2

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 [...]

 
CREATIVE WRITING AND PUBLISHING: FEARS AND PROSPECTS - 1

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 [...]

Jan 012012
 
Reporting Book N Gauge VII: A Poetry Party

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 [...]

 
Nollywood - The Future of a Nigerian Blockbuster

In this age of technological advancement and breathtaking man-made creations, a movie lover like myself cannot help but marvel with speechless dazzle at the height at which movies are marvelously created, first in Hollywood, and [...]

 
Why I Disagree with Prof. Ojaide’s labeling of New Poets as Copycats (2)

Writing of the type I know is different from other school subjects. In math, physics, chemistry, and biology, every student is supposed to study the same things and come up with the same answers. But [...]

 
Wordsmiths in Nigeria: Relics of a lost age?

Art is life. Life’s art. Writing is an art, it could also be a life. What else captures the details of the past, intertwining it with the occurrence of the present, yet plodding the way [...]

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