Skirting the thin line between fact and fiction in Arundhati Roy’s “Mother Mary Comes To Me” – Olukorede S Yishau
Elsie Is Bringing Music Conversations to Our Doorsteps From Lagos to Toronto to the World – Onyema Dike
Book Review·May 23, 2021·5 min readHow Autocracy Shaped Our Democracy – A review of Max Siollun’s “Soldiers of Fortune” – Najib KazaureAs Nigeria tethers on the edge with insistent clamouring and dire prognostications, we take a look at a book which... Read More
Book Review·April 25, 2021·5 min readIn “Reflections”, a maestro tracks Nollywood’s trajectory -Niran AdedokunEven decades after graduating in Performing Arts from the University of Ilorin, it is impossible to forget Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi’s... Read More
Book Review·April 18, 2021·4 min read“Don’t come in, we are naked o.”: A review of Memoirs of a ‘Lazy Korfa’ – Olukorede S. Yishau“Don’t come in, we are naked o,” a female Youth Corp member serving in Kano screamed as a male soldier... Read More
Book Review·April 18, 2021·3 min readAs Rwanda remembers the 1994 genocide, we present a review of “A Sunday by the pool in Kigali” – Toni KanA Sunday by the pool in Kigali, Gil Courtmanche, Canongate, 2004, pp. 258 As Rwanda commemorates the 27th anniversary of... Read More
Book Review·April 11, 2021·5 min readArchitects Of The Nollywood Phenomenon – Uzor Maxim UzoatuNigeria is celebrated across the globe as being amongst the three biggest moviemaking nations in the world. The United States... Read More
Book Review·March 21, 2021·5 min readBefore Chigozie Obioma’s ‘An Orchestra of Minorities’ gets a follow up-Olukorede S. YishauThe secret is emerging slowly. Two-time Booker Prize finalist and now Booker Prize judge, Chigozie Obioma, is done with a... Read More
Book Review·May 2, 2021·3 min read‘Every departure a death, every return a rebirth’: A review of Helon Habila’s ‘Travelers’ – Olukorede S. Yishau“Every departure is a death, every return a rebirth.” This is one of the many thought-provoking lines in Travelers, a... Read More
Book Review·April 22, 2021·6 min readScars can be beautiful things: A review of Bridget Oyefeso-Odusami’s, “Built for the Storm” – Toni KanWhat is a scar? A scar is both knowledge and reminder; knowledge about an incident, often ugly or painful and... Read More
Book Review·April 18, 2021·3 min readMusings on love, life and its vicissitudes- A review of “Built for the Storm – Peju AkandeThe first impression one gets reading through the first few chapters of Bridget Oyefeso-Odusami’s book is: this is like a... Read More
Book Review·April 11, 2021·3 min readThrowing stones at ‘The Lady of the Glass House” – Olukorede S. YishauIf you read just the prologue, you are likely to immediately conclude that The Lady of the Glass House is... Read More
Book Review·March 28, 2021·3 min readThe Most Dangerous House in Lagos -Uzor Maxim UzoatuA do-gooder told his landlord that any tenant who sends the police after the owner of the house “is capable... Read More
Book Review·March 14, 2021·5 min readAs Sefi Atta’s ‘Swallow’ becomes a Netflix Original, Olukorede S. Yishau sends in a reviewOn the 65th page of ‘Swallow’, a novel that brings alive military era Lagos, a boy is believed to have... Read More