New faces playing out old roles
Title: The Hate Artist
Author: Niran Okewole
Genre: Poetry
Publisher: Khalam Editions
Pages: 67 Pages
Reviewer: Femi Morgan
The title of this collection of poems captures the conflicts of the...
Putting a lie to churches’ ‘Biblical’ doctrines
Book Title: 100 Things Jesus Did Not Say
Author: Vincent Chiedu
Genre: Christian literature
Pagination: 382
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: Not indicated
Reviewer: Innocent Anoruo
Madeleine works in New York...
Far Together: Seventh Gulp
Author: Rex E. Odoemenam
Reviewer: Mature Tanko Okoduwa
Publisher: SeeFar Books
Year: 2015
Pages: 208
Rex E. Odoemenam has written a timeless book. Free-flowing, sweet and breath-taking, the book...
Obama’s memoir in progress, expected in 2020
By
Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Barack
Obama is making progress with his White House memoir, handcrafting...
Nigeria’s Lesley Nneka Arimah wins 2019 Caine Prize
Lesley Nneka Arimah, a Nigerian writer has won the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing.
Arimah defeated authors from...
Omifolaji’s ‘Claim the Land’ debuts in Nigeria
By Ishaya Ibrahim
and Pascal Oparada
Vicky Omifolaji tells the story of ‘Claim the Land’ through the mirror of her life as a child with learning...
The bitter-sweet collusion of a child’s oddities
Book Title: The Quest for the Gem of Arubia
Author: Augusta Mmakamba Okon
Genre: Children’s Literature
Pagination: 76
Year of Publishing: 2015
Publisher: Wicecom Publishers Limited
Reviewer: Adeniyi Taiwo Kunnu
The...
Implosion of a divided abode
Book Title: What Will People Say
Author: Rehana Rossouw
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 332
Publisher: Jacana Media
Year of Publication: 2015
Reviewer: Adeniyi Taiwo Kunnu
The greater chunk of our world may...
Of quests, dreams and power of a story
Last year, the Nigeria Prize for Literature did not award the prize in the children’s literature genre. The Nigeria LNG Limited, which endows the...
The Promise of a New Era: A Presidential Campaign ‘Biography’ of Peter Obi
Promise of a New Era is written from a point of knowledge and understanding of the person of Mr. Obi - the...