Prose Fiction The Good Ol’ Days, or Life in a Nigerian Public Secondary School: A Short Story 6 Mar 2019 By Alfred Williams I would not have cried. Tears would not have run down my pale cheeks. Yes. I was still being savagely whooped by the evilest person on earth—our…
Poetry I RISE 6 Mar 20196 Mar 2019 By Alfred Williams I could no longer hide from my fear. From FEARS… Like my shadow, my steps, it kept trailing and trailing… I could no longer sulk up the…
Essays/Articles “The Far Country” Review—Nearer Than You Think! 21 May 201721 May 2017 “The process of interrogating the present”, a respected playwright, poet, and critic, once wrote, “implies the making of memory. For the future to be meaningful there is a need to…
Essays/Articles “IN THE MOOD”: THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF MUSIC 21 Mar 201720 May 2017 There is something about music that resonates with our hearts; that sears icily through our spines, and make us whole. It is that thing that captivates us in the throbs…
Poetry FA(E)CES 26 Jul 201620 May 2017 I see fa(e)ces everyday. Everywhere. Raw. Violent. Gory. I hardly shed a tear. I hardly feel a sorry. We're all in this mess. The fart of bad leaders.
News ANYOKWU SETS TO PREMIER NEW PLAY IN UNILAG 26 Jun 201627 Jun 2016 On 30th of June, 2016, at the Main Auditorium of the University of Lagos, Nigeria, Dr. Chris Anyokwu latest play, The Far Country, presented by Theatre Centrik and directed by…
Essays/Articles THE AVERAGE NIGERIAN AND THE CIRCLE OF STEREOTYPES 28 Apr 201620 May 2017 Nigeria will never be united if the majority continues to paint single, and, especially, negative stereotypical imagery of ourselves. I am a writer, so, yes, I know the danger of…
Guest Writer BEYOND THE MUSIC: An Evaluation of ‘Boosit’ by Cobhams and Falz 21 Apr 201627 Jun 2016 Guest Writer: Arowoshola Oluwafemi John The world is fast spinning and what was a means of entertainment is now being utilized as a tool of social criticism and political re-evaluation.…
Essays/Articles Is the Nigerian Senate’s rejection of the equal rights bill a step in the right track? 18 Mar 201620 May 2017 To mark International Women's Day 2016, GFC—a support group for women focused on empowerment, support and charity organized its very first seminar—“Breaking from the Mould"—just last Sunday, 13th of March, to…
Essays/Articles FLIPPING THE SCRIPT BACK AND FORTH: SOME REMARKS ON THE HEADIES, 2015 11 Jan 201620 May 2017 “Flip the Script”, the theme of the 10th edition of this year’s Headies award presentation indeed, either paradoxically, or, true to its theme, proved to be a flipping of the…