The profundity of these presumably simple words of consolation combines effectively with his wise saying about the sun to bestow the toga of an unsung philosopher on Unoka, thus setting the stage for endless dialogue on his character.
It is a Tuesday morning and I am up and about my business of staying alive which includes going into...
I met Benjamin Zephaniah, once, in Lagos... He was tall, dreadlocked, animated and charming. His British accent had a tinge of the Caribbean twang and as a young poet and writer; it was as always a pleasure to meet a celebrated writer.
His baritone was like no other. Deep, obviously. Rumbling and tightly controlled so that he could thin it out into...
I am surfing the internet, searching for the original video of “Soul Makossa” and there is none. I am observing...
Multi-talented, multiskilled artiste, BENSON OMOWAFOLA TOMOLOJU, will be a special guest artiste at the ongoing Freedom Park @ 10 celebration....
Crickets are chirpin’ the water is high There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry Window wide open...
Afropolitan Vibes boasts of the most robust and heterogeneous crowd in Lagos. Germans, French, Koreans, Britons, Diaspora returnees
In the last months before the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown I chanced upon the autobiography of Edison Arantes do Nascimento in...
“…the people of Igbuzo as a result forbid the eating of fishes from the Oboshi River. The Chief Priest of...
After a lavish puff of perfume at home, I made it for the African literary festival, Oxford; the brainchild of...
As I establish the Henry Louis Gates Jr Fellowship at Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge today, 16th September,...
