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·December 8, 2024·3 min read

Jos, end times and other matters in Umar Turaki’s ‘Every Drop of Blood Is Red’ – Olukorede S Yishau

Things take a scary turn from there onwards and the world Turaki plunges us into is no longer familiar. The things that occur are the sort that make us scream and wonder where we are being led. Though we still see Jos and its streets, churches and other landmarks, the goings on aren’t what we are accustomed to.

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·November 17, 2024·5 min read

Mukoma wa Ngugi’s “We, The Scarred” presents a catalogue of losses – Precious Nzeakor

There is a lot of loss recorded in this book, which is very telling of how this desire and longing to hold on to something we cannot control and the loss of such things causes us to spiral in different directions and to find stability only when the gap is filled. At the core of this book is the fight for the truth and all the obstacles that stand in the way of that

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·October 27, 2024·5 min read

An Imperfect Storm: Unpacking Chikwe Ihekweazu’s riveting COVID-19 memoir – Toni Kan

Whatever the reasons were, Chikwe took over at NCDC, fought for the institution to have legal legs to stand on with the enactment of the NCDC Act of 2018; digitised the operations of the center, trained staff and built capacity both human, technological and mechanical to bring an end to over-reliance on parachute researchers, donors and UN agencies and made the center a world class facility.

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·September 22, 2024·3 min read

To Grieve is to Love: A review of Love Grows Stronger in Death – Pius Ekemini

I find Mustapha Enesi’s Yesterday and Today and Tomorrow to be thoughtfully written and I feel it is one most satisfying interpretations of this anthology’s theme. He shows us a woman living with Alzheimer’s whose husband still showers her with affection despite the fact that she often doesn’t remember who he is

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·September 1, 2024·3 min read

In Sand Roses the Long Lost Dancers of Ouled Nail come alive – Precious Nzeakor

Hamza's writing is clear and vivid; the scenes are febrile with fear that can be cut through with a knife. Every time it seemed the sisters would be caught, I held my breath and said a tiny prayer. Hamza's book is one of those books you can't wait to finish so you can experience its end, and yet you pray it does not finish so the experience doesn't end.

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·August 11, 2024·3 min read

Big Bumbum and Other Matters in Damilare Kuku’s Fierce Debut Novel: Olukorede S Yishau

Temi's big-yansh-quest announcement, you will discover, is a tool the author uses to get the other women in the book to reflect on their own lives and following these reflections, scandals and secrets leap off their cupboards, regrets cloud their faces and remorse dons modest apparels.

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·November 30, 2024·3 min read

Nathaniel Bivan’s ‘Boys, Girls and Beasts’: An explosive tale that sings harmoniously — Olukorede S Yishau

The opening chapters are thick with blood, dust, and sweat, evoking all the violent imagery these elements often conjure. They suggest a dark, complex narrative, one whose conclusion may be fraught with complications. Pain and death are hinted at, drawing the reader in with an irresistible pull to uncover more.

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·October 27, 2024·4 min read

The Mess and Mental Distress of Man’s Dual Nature: A review of Olukorede S. Yishau’s ‘After the End’ — Oluwaseyi Oso

It appears as though one construct that continues to fascinate Yishau’s intellect is the duality of human nature, a construct...

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·October 27, 2024·5 min read

A review of Adewale Maja- Pearce’s ‘This Fiction Called Nigeria’ — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

There is a new hard-hitting book on my desk entitled This Fiction Called Nigeria: The Struggle for Democracy by Adewale...

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·September 15, 2024·4 min read

“Loss is an Aftertaste of Memories” Unravels Nostalgia and Identity – Sybil Fekurumoh

Holding up to its title, the book is a repository of memories, with events presented as clearly as they occurred or perhaps as a figment of one’s imagination. Chukwudera’s Loss is an Aftertaste of Memory is a time capsule that exists just for the sake of being

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·September 1, 2024·3 min read

Biyi Bandele reimagines Ajayi Crowther’s Life in ‘Yoruba Boy Running’: Olukorede S Yishau

Yoruba Boy Running invites us to interrogate the culture and tradition of the Yoruba and their gods as we drink deep from the well of wisdom of these interesting and forward-looking people. It also shows us and reminds us of a part of the slave trade that is not often talked or written about.

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·August 4, 2024·18 min read

Celebrating The Guv’nor of Niteshift – Ken Calebs Olumese @ 80 – Toni Kan

Ken Calebs Olumese shines as a beacon of what integrity looks like in the midst of this moral miasma. But be warned! Living like Ken Calebs Olumese comes with consequences. You will lose fair weather friends (the Nigerian Breweries story is an example) and maybe government patronage but worry not; the man of integrity will always sleep well at night and believe me, you will live to be 80.

Wizkid’s Morayo: A Sonically Rich and Thematically Inconsistent Experience – Michael Kolawole

On adedamola, Fireboy returns to dazzling form – Michael Kolawole

Asake’s “Lungu Boy”: A bold but wonky attempt at reinvention – Michael Kolawole

Jos, end times and other matters in Umar Turaki’s ‘Every Drop of Blood Is Red’ – Olukorede S Yishau

Nathaniel Bivan’s ‘Boys, Girls and Beasts’: An explosive tale that sings harmoniously — Olukorede S Yishau

Mukoma wa Ngugi’s “We, The Scarred” presents a catalogue of losses – Precious Nzeakor

Suspicion Review: Tosin Igho’s Supernatural Thriller Is Ambitious in Scope – Joseph Jonathan

Hijack 93: A thriller that fails to deliver the thrills – Joseph Jonathan

Ramsey Nouah’s Tòkunbò is like a two-headed snake – Carl Terver

Intriguing Insights into Reincarnation: A review of Cheta Igbokwe’s “Awele” — Nenye Okoye

With “Wedlock of the Gods,” professor brings Nigerian storytelling and culture to USC main stage — Chinyere Amobi

OSAMEDE: Society in search of heroes and heroines -Ozoro Opute

The Lagos Review: Best of 2024

Making a Case for Genre Diversity As The Future of Nollywood – Joseph Jonathan

A Writer’s Guide on Migration, sort of… – Tarinabo Diete

Uprooted and setting down new roots in France – Oyindamola Depo-Oyedokun.

‘The Call’ is nondiscriminatory and everybody will enjoy it — Dr Bisi Adigun

Bimbo Manuel set to present “The Call” at LITF, says it’ll connect with the audience

There is no reason why a Nigerian child cannot speak a single Nigerian language — Ndidi Chiazor Enenmor

Bridget Blue releases soul-stirring anthem ‘More Than Us’

Kotrell confronts grief in haunting new single ‘Not Ready’

Hammer Museum set to debut ‘Monument Eternal’ exhibition on Alice Coltrane

Book Review

Jos, end times and other matters in Umar Turaki’s ‘Every Drop of Blood Is Red’ – Olukorede S Yishau

Mukoma wa Ngugi’s “We, The Scarred” presents a catalogue of losses – Precious Nzeakor

An Imperfect Storm: Unpacking Chikwe Ihekweazu’s riveting COVID-19 memoir – Toni Kan

To Grieve is to Love: A review of Love Grows Stronger in Death – Pius Ekemini

In Sand Roses the Long Lost Dancers of Ouled Nail come alive – Precious Nzeakor

Big Bumbum and Other Matters in Damilare Kuku’s Fierce Debut Novel: Olukorede S Yishau

Nathaniel Bivan’s ‘Boys, Girls and Beasts’: An explosive tale that sings harmoniously — Olukorede S Yishau

The Mess and Mental Distress of Man’s Dual Nature: A review of Olukorede S. Yishau’s ‘After the End’ — Oluwaseyi Oso

A review of Adewale Maja- Pearce’s ‘This Fiction Called Nigeria’ — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

“Loss is an Aftertaste of Memories” Unravels Nostalgia and Identity – Sybil Fekurumoh

Biyi Bandele reimagines Ajayi Crowther’s Life in ‘Yoruba Boy Running’: Olukorede S Yishau

Celebrating The Guv’nor of Niteshift – Ken Calebs Olumese @ 80 – Toni Kan

Bridget Blue releases soul-stirring anthem ‘More Than Us’

Will Self draws on his mother’s diaries in his latest novel, ‘Elaine’

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