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“Good writer that she is, but she is also a moral writer.  I learnt a lot from being very close to Mrs Mabel Segun when she was at the University of Ibadan here. She was a kind of…
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The honour was bestowed on the distinguished writer at the first-ever Sharjah Festival of African Literature on 24 January 2025... The award was conferred by Sheikha Bodour Al…
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By Nehru Odeh'I was with him barely forty-eight hours before his night of departure. I had been on the road for hours and, on arrival, should have gone to the toilet. However, that…
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Photo: Wole Soyinka, Henry Louis Gates Jr and Kwame Anthony Appiah at the University of CambridgeBy Nehru Odeh'This indeed is the story of three leading black intellectuals,…
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Photo: Molara Wood and Kunle AjibadeBy Nehru OdehWHEN Nigerien filmmaker Amina Mamani lost her father Mamani Abdoulaye, novelist, writer, poet, activist and politician in a…
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By Nehru OdehCELEBRATED filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan, is adept at telling African stories with his movies. Not only has he told them very well, he has won several awards. Now,…
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Lekan Animashaun, better known as Baba Ani, is a study in loyalty and perseverance. He was not just Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s baritone saxophonist and trumpeter, he…
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