I am a writer and arts journalist now based in Lagos. This is a blog on arts and culture. The focus is on Nigeria's art scene, especially her 'Word's Body' - the writers. As and when, we'll also touch on wider African writing, as well as international literature. In short, a saturation of the arts.
Chinua Achebe’s Body Laid to Rest in Nigeria
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[image: There Was A Country]The late author Chinua Achebe is to be buried
today on his family compound in the town of Ogidi, after his remains
arrived i...
Coming Soon: JUNE 12, 1993: The Annulment
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Kachifo Limited, publishers of Farafina Books, is proud to announce the
forthcoming release of JUNE 12, 1993: THE ANNULMENT the second installment
in the h...
The launch of Caroline Davies's 'Convoy'
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Convoy is published by Cinnamon Press
Monday, 20 May 2013. Ship: HQS Wellington. Estimated time of launch,
nineteen hundred hours. Crew, some twenty...
A leak in high places puts Ugandans on edge
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KAMPALA, Uganda — Kampala is in an uproar. The Ugandan government has just
shut down four private media outlets — a move that follows a crackdown on
journa...
New Novel: The Moor’s Account
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How do you get ideas for your novels? This question, or some version of it,
comes up at nearly every reading I give. Since the answer this time around
is a...
Invisible Borders
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"Tomorrow Died Yesterday" by Chimeka Garricks
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This month, *CLR* presents Oyebanji Ayodele’s opinion of Chimeka
Garricks’ *Tomorrow Died Yesterday*. Enjoy and do engage our guest blogger
in the comme...
Ghanaian Masterpiece by Kofi Setordji
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West African statues on Trojan wooden horses; el...
Marcia's "Tease" opening @ Susan Inglett (pictures)
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Marcia's opening last night at Susan Inglett art gallery in Chelsea, New
York was, take my word for it, fabulous. Old and new friends came out to
celebra...
Noemi Press 2013 Contest
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Two prizes of $1,000 each and publication by Noemi Press are
given annually for one book-length poetry collection and one
book-length work of fiction. The...
The Superpower of Pain
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I have spent most of the last six days in bed. I've had sciatica, a
terrible pinching of the sciatic nerve that runs down your leg from your
hip. It's giv...
Goodbye...for now
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Hello everyone,
This is a note, to break the silence, to explain it, maybe. First,
apologies for the long hiatus. We have been away for a while, our last...
Books on Contemporary Nigerian Art
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I have added a few more books published recently. If you know of better
ones, please let me know. B.A. ADEMULEYA, Akin ONIPEDE & Mike OMOIGHE (ed.)
Creativ...
Horse On West Africa tour
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I am a lazy writer, too often waiting for inspiration to come along and
nudge me into action. Sadly, my industry today has more to do with vexation
than in...
Work-In-Progress
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Hello everyone! It has been a while, and I must say a lot has been
happening to me in the interim. My book, BLACKBIRD, has recently
been long-listed for th...
CORA Parades Nigerian Authors In London
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NIGERIA HOUSE LITERATURE SHOWCASE - CORA Art & Cultural Foundation
*For Olympics, CORA Parades Nigerian Authors In London*
•culled from The Guardian, Sunda...
News of Dana
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I was at the airport with two of my children on 3 June, waiting for the
Dana aeroplane that was to fly us from Lagos to Abuja. It never arrived. At
the air...
so... we own a bookstore now, hunh?
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been a busy last 4 months since my last regular post. found out in
mid-april that my part-time gig at local landmark Morgan Adam Books was
coming to an end...
Pilgrimages on CNN
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In an ambitious drive to promote African writing, 14 African writers have
visited different cities across the continent to produce a series of travel
book...
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*"The Waiting Room"*
*There is a place where luck and the fates cannot save you. It is a place
where natural cunning and innate intelligence must be put ...
From Pakistan, with fond memories
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This afternoon, we went up the Margalla Mountains here in Islamabad. There
is a fine restaurant there, perched right at the top, such that you can see
the ...
8 comments:
We thank God oh! And na by mistake I carry my legs come here self, say make I see if by mistake you don reach this side...
Happy New year. Hope say Lagos still dey sweet you.
It has been a while! Welcome back to blog world, we missed you small :)
Fantastic! So long a time!
Weli Weli come!
Nice to have you back. You've been missed.
It's good to be back, although internet connectivity continues to pose a serious challenge in my end of Lagos. Sometimes there's a will, but no way...
Good to see you back, girl. Always a pleasure to read you. Hope you don't leave in the rain again.
Wow! Pleasant surprise. Glad to have you back.
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