Literature

June 12 possesses the baffling characteristics of Ajantala, that Mystery Child in Yoruba folklore: birthed under extraordinary circumstances, reared in impossible conditions

The Executive Officer of Quramo publishing firm, Gbemi Shasore, is among the few Nigerians, who are losing their sleep over the decadence of the Nigerian society and growing illiteracy in the country. While some only lament the problems and carry on with their lives.....

Prisenda Writers Residency Initiative is a charity organisation that seeks to promote literacy. Our vision is to inspire great thinkers that will affect their generation and our world for good.

I had two brushes with the law many years ago and they taught me a lesson in circumspection, while leaving me with a strong impression of how the law works and how a careless action, or throw-away comment, can make the dif-ference between freedom and imprisonment.

This essay is three-pronged: ‘African literature’, ‘the English language’ and ‘the nation’. I intend to be conscious of these key terms as I go along without promising I would be fair to all of them. The very first thing to say about ‘African literature,’ which we now take for granted did not come to us…

Creative writing will for the first time be featured as an assessment area in the 2018 edition of the annual Lafarge Africa National Literacy Competition. This was announced at a national planning meeting for stakeholders, held in Abuja yesterday to flag-off activities for this year. It is being done in a bid to both improve…

Even though the book is not an autobiography, it is entirely appropriate that this review should commence with some biographical reflections if only for the insights they may yield concerning the life and incredible professional exploits of the author, Akogun Adetola Adeniyi, Jagun Oodua Adimula II from the source, Aare Ologundudu of Lagos, Otunba Amuwo-bi-Owu…

International Publishers Association (IPA), in conjunction with Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA), held a landmark seminar recently in Lagos that had ‘Publishing for Sustainable Development: The Role of Publishers...

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, was treated to literary home coming when he attended the second Chinua Achebe International Conference organised by the Institute of African Studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN).

From May 2 through 5, 2018, eggheads from universities around the country and beyond gather to honour renowned writer of global repute, Professor Tanure Ojaide, in a conference at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Literature and the arts are like metaphysically inclined entities. They thrive in the imagination of humanity and at the same time draw adherents from the same source. Every story, every poem or play weaves its self out of the character of human beings as humans also retain the distinction of being the major consumers of…

Chinyere Obi-Obasi’s The Loyal Queen encapsulates issues around royal households in Africa and how they reference the traditional gods of the land. In it she captures the life of a young king who loves his wife, Ochugo, dearly but is compelled to marry four other wives because the gods seal her womb and she is…