Chinua Achebe
27 Oct
Something pleasurably and perplexingly perplexing visited us recently all the way from Anambra State. Perhaps I should re-phrase the opening sentence. October 1st mood of pleasure was pleasurably released in Anambra State when Governor Chukwuma Soludo, a solid Professor of Economics, cast a keen enchantment over Anambrarians of impeccable bookmen-and-women by naming an international airport…
19 Oct
The story is there, has always been there, that the Tiv people of central Nigeria give out their wives to guests to sleep with as part of their hospitality. It is part of the custom of the people, it is said.
7 Oct
The Vice President of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, has eulogised Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra, for renaming the Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport, Umueri, after the late literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe.
5 Oct
Nigeria is fiction. The country’s Constitution has been transferred to a new shelf in the library: the shelf containing fictional works. The latter-day patriots of Nigeria can cry all they want against me, but in this instance I only choose to stand solidly ...
8 Sep 2023
In an era dominated by digital distractions and rapid technological advancement, the state of a nation’s reading culture serves as a critical indicator of its intellectual development and societal progress.
30 Jun 2023
It is astounding that Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is still so relevant across the globe at 65 years of age.