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Dont miss the exciting conversations to kick of this year’s Felabration between... Read More
Hopelessness and hope has always been the preoccupation of humanity. But is... Read More
In the Instagram world of comedy and memes, Agba (@oli_ekun) might not... Read More
This is not an endorsement of violence. Not in the least. But,... Read More
Title: Give us Each Day Author: Samuel Monye Publisher: Quramo Publishing Ltd... Read More
1. Favourite book ever – Zarah the Windseeker by Nnedi Okorafor 2. ... Read More
Harare. August 1999. Night. I am inside The Queens Dale Sports Club,... Read More
Death, many people say, can be the biggest career move and for... Read More
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti would have turned 81 on October 15 of this year,... Read More
Jude Idada’s Boom Boom has won the Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by Nigeria... Read More
Sound Sultan, Femi Kuti, RMD Deliver Powerful Independence Message at Jungle Story... Read More
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Movie Reviews
Oscar winner, Antoine Fuqua, began his film career making music videos, so did Spike Jonze. Here in Nigeria, Ema Edosio has plied the same trajectory parlaying an early career making music videos alongside Clarence Peters into a film making career with her... Read More
Three years after her first award winning feature film, Road to Yesterday, Nollywood screen goddess, Genevieve Nnaji has returned with her sophomore feature, Lionheart starring a slew of Nollywood greats – Pete Edochie, Onyeka Onwenu, Nkem owoh, Chika Okpala aka... Read More
How happy can life be in the ghetto? This is one of the questions at the heart of this stirring and visceral documentary film Read More
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Music Reviews
This is not an endorsement of violence. Not in the least. But, oftentimes, we are faced with scenarios that make confrontation unavoidable. So, when a fight becomes inevitable, to stand a chance, it is important you go into battle with... Read More
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti would have turned 81 on October 15 of this year, but for the fact that he has been dead for more than 22 years. The implication of this is that there is a cohort of millenials who never... Read More
He calls this project, “Deal With It” and it is obviously more Hip-Hop in its concept as much as it is good Ole Phyno in delivery. But at 21 tracks, at a time when the album is at best a... Read More
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Book Reviews
Title: Give us Each Day Author: Samuel Monye Publisher: Quramo Publishing Ltd Year of Publication: 2018 Reviewer: Toni Kan As the countdown begins to the annual Quramo Writers’ Prize , TLR brings you a review of Give Us Each Day,... Read More
There are irrefutable historical accounts which suggest that the Greeks were enamored of the idea and concept of beauty. Beauty has been consequently theorized and explored by Greek philosophers, especially as it relates to aesthetic appeal, culture, social psychology, and... Read More
In reflecting upon Uche Okeke’s paintings, poems and drawings collected under the handle, Art In Development – A Nigerian Perspective, one is constrained to appropriate a Roman Catholic analogy; Asele is Uche Okeke’s patron saint and Ana is the deity.... Read More
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