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*Review of New York, My Village by Uwen Akpan, Parresia Publishers, 2022 All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal- John Steinbeck 'From his escape from a…
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If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do something worth writing - Ben Franklin IT is a dilemma; where do you…
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The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things but their outward significance – Aristotle (Yoruba Art and Language: Seeking the African in African Art,…
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'He, through his books brought to the world the naked world of racism that existed in Britain’s elite schools which many had experienced but had refused to talk or write about. But…
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Poetry is a passion ignited by thoughts, fuelled by ink. A way to travel through another mind - Renee Dixon A FEW weeks before this year’s Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) Grand…
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A poet’s work is to name the unnamable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop going to sleep – Salman Rushdie ON August 12, 2022, the name…
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WHAT becomes of Nigeria in the years ahead is uncertain as bad leadership, and ethnic tension generated by unequal representation at all levels are drawing the nation back. These…
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Those who respect the elderly pave their own road toward success – African proverb (Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, and African Transformation; by Bola Dauda and Toyin Falola,…
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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words – Johann Wolfgang Von…
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For us Indians, I don't think English can ever exude that magic of emotions which our mother tongue can - Kailash Kher 'The Shree win of the Booker Prize sets me thinking that…
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