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(Bata mi A Dun Ko Ko Ka A Biography of Nike; by Kofo Akerele; Bookcraft Publishing, Ibadan; 2020) Reviewer: Olayinka Oyegbile KOFO Adeleke’s Bata mi A Dun Ko Ko Ka A…
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Not everyone recognises it, but your country (Nigeria) is a literary superpowerProf Scott Pegg A LOT has been said and written about the great potential that is locked…
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(My Lockdown Diary: Reflections on Nigeria and Covid-19 Pandemic; by Ehi Braimah; Bookcraft 2020) TOUGH times are creative times. The immortal William Shakespeare wrote years ago,…
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CHIMAMANDA Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction known as ‘Winner of Winners’ for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun. The novel was chosen by the reading public…
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Everything comes to him who waits, except a loaned book ― Kin Hubbard IT was one of Nigeria’s most well-kept literary secrets. In fact, I can even wager that it could perhaps…
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(Ayinla Omowura: Life and times of an Apala Legend; by Festus Adedayo; Pub. Noirledge, 357) Reviewer: Olayinka Oyegbile FOUR decades after the death of the man who has been…
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Spies go to bars for the same reason people go to libraries: full of information if you know where to ask - Michael Weston DAVID John Moore Cornwell? Does this name ring a…
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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man Francis Bacon TO the devoted readers of this column on another forum a while ago, I wish to profusely…
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To be a poet is a condition, not a profession - Robert Graves POETRY as an art has been with man from time immemorial and various forms and nuances have been brought into it to…
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As long as we can read, we can travel, we can escape, we can explore, we can laugh, we can cry and we can grapple with life’s mysteriesDuchess of Cornwall LAST week, the Booker…
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