Our first issue took us quite a while to put together because we decided if we were going to do this we were going to make a very good first …
“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 …
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 Qasimi, recognizing …
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 …
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University of Cambridge: How Soyinka, Gates, Appiah, broke new grounds and changed lives
Photo: Wole Soyinka, Henry Louis Gates Jr and Kwame Anthony Appiah at the University of Cambridge By Nehru Odeh ‘This indeed is the story of three leading black intellectuals, Professors …
Photo: Molara Wood and Kunle Ajibade By Nehru Odeh WHEN Nigerien filmmaker Amina Mamani lost her father Mamani Abdoulaye, novelist, writer, poet, activist and politician in a rather extenuating circumstance …
By Nehru Odeh CELEBRATED 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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‘I want to be remembered for my integrity, steadfastness and hard work… I want to live behind Lekan Animashaun Music Foundation’ – Baba Ani
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 was his …