I am in tears as I write the words here. It has...
My primary reservation with this binary polarization of gender into victim and villain, this apportionment of blame in Adichie’s literary works is that it almost denies men their humanity. It foists on men this ideological coat of perpetrator of female suffering, and within this paradigm, it becomes strange, almost impossible, to even conceive of men as victims of female cruelty.
Franz Kafka was a devotee of Yiddish theatre, fell in love with his Hebrew teacher and once encountered the owner of a brothel he frequented in synagogue on Yom...
Last week, medic and critic, Wilfred Okiche bemoaned the dwindling quality of...
Sad news hit me hard on Tuesday, June 25, in this year...
Less is more. Yes, we hear that very often, but it has to be agreed that the ability to create the desired effect with fewer tools is an art form...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recently responded to criticisms that have long trailed her...
Ayinla Omowura: Life and Times of an Apala Legend, written by Festus...
Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the release of “Airplane!,” the comedy I wrote and directed with my brother Jerry and our friend Jim Abrahams. Just before the world...
On July 1, 2002, I moved into a modest 3-room office on...
When I want to listen to good music, and by that I...
(With Nigeria in the grip of a rape pandemic, Ucheoma Onwutuebe pens a poignant piece that is both prognosis, diagnosis and indictment.) A friend and I were trading childhood memories...
