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.
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Who 'Owns' The Nile?
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An 2010 *environment 360* Fred Pearce report:
A simmering dispute over who owns the waters of the River Nile is heating
up. From its headwaters in Ethiopia...
"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...
Nigeria Invades the 2013 Caine Prize Shortlist
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And here are the details from the Caine Prize website:
*The shortlist for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing has been
announced today (Wednesday 15...
Ghanaian Masterpiece by Kofi Setordji
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West African statues on Trojan wooden horses; el...
Buy Americanah at these Stores
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Pick up your paperback and hardback copies of Chimamanda Adichie’s
Americanah at the following bookstores: In Lagos:Quintessence, Falomo
Shopping Complex, ...
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...
A busy month!
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I see I last posted on 8th March - goodness. A lot has happened since then:
From 7th to 17th March I was at Anam Cara, my (I wish it was 'my - I mean
it'...
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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