This essay reflects on the life and unfinished intellectual trajectory of Pius Adesanmi, tracing his…
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From the outset, the novel establishes the dreadful gravity of this decision. On page 39, an elder observes, “When the gods want to bring down a man’s house, they set in motion a chain of events that lead to his downfall.” Yet as the narrative unfolds, Patrice emerges not merely as a victim of metaphysical forces, but of rigid standards of masculinity that leave him unable to retreat without feeling emasculated. To admit fault, in his mind, would be to embrace weakness.
The African Studies Association (ASA) has announced the establishment of the ASA Christie and Chinua…
“When Winston was born, lots of fairies swooped down on his cradle with gifts –…
Uwem Akpan delivered a powerful reading and conversation that revisited the harrowing, and often forgotten,…
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, passed away at the age of 87 and was cremated a few…
Africa has just welcomed the path-finding Ngugi wa Thiong’o into the pantheon of ancestors. It…
Olu Alake described Okri’s presence at the centre as a homecoming of sorts because as he told it, Ben Okri who won the Booker Prize in 1991 for The Famished Road once “lived” at the Covent Garden premises of the Center.
Acknowledging the fact Ben Okri said, “You would find me at the bar having a beer and arguing with Dambudzo Marachera.”
everyone who had signed on to a military career understood clearly what it meant to plan a coup and fail. The penalty was clear and unmistakable
We launched new series like the Sneak Peak and Migration and the Writer series, we discovered new writers like Precious Nzeakor (who won the Ken Saro Wiwa book review prize at LABAF 2024) and Joseph Jonathan and we ticked pretty much all the boxes we laid out in January.
A landmark event such as this global TV adaptation of Things Fall Apart definitely commands consummate critical attention, with some critics arguing in a nativist manner that a native Igbo actor ought to play the role of Okonkwo! Well, William Shakespeare’s plays are acted all over the world by actors from every part of the universe.
…the arguments for or against Idris Elba or Chiwetel Ejiofor playing Okonkwo fail to take into account a key issue with the novel and the character of Okonkwo. When we meet Okonkwo, he was about 37 or 38 years and by the time he dies, might have been no more than 42. So, Elba and Ejiofor at 52 and 47 years respectively may well be too old to play Okonkwo