by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Achebe’s most recent book, his long-awaited memoir of the Nigerian-Biafra war, is both sad and angry, ...
by Isi Esene Weeks after verbally slamming the renowned writer, Chinua Achebe, over his account of events during the Nigerian ...
by Ken Wiwa “…I had to be careful about the way I handled someone else’s words or opinions… Even when ...
Gowon and Awolowo could have done much more to help the dying and diseased civilians. And, clearly, Ojukwu fatally erred ...
by Kenechi Uzochukwu This generation is largely confused. From the biased accounts, many of the generation believe the war was ...
by Isi Esene Nigeria’s war-time military president, Yakubu Gowon, has been unequivocal in his reaction to the book titled, ‘There ...
Actually, I used to expect so much from our leaders. But I have grown frustrated. After closely observing Presidents Olusegun ...
by Isi Esene Nigeria’s Civil War president, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), has hit renowned writer, Chinua Achebe, very hard over ...
Chinua Achebe’s latest book, There was a Country, has appeared fifty-four years after the author’s first novel, Things Fall Apart, ...
by Reuben Daba Since Achebe released his book, ‘There was a country’, in the United Kingdom a week ago, lots ...
by Noo Saro-Wiwa But many Nigerians resented it, and Achebe admits that the Igbo could be cocky, brash and materialistic, ...
by Stanley Azuakola It was bound to happen. You don’t speak ill of one of the greatest Yorubas of all ...
by Isi Esene Chinua Achebe, one of Africa’s most legendary writer, has published his long-awaited memoir about his experience during ...
How can you have a National Honours ceremony in which there are no medals to be given out? And then to ...
by Isi Esene Today’s photo story is a collectors’ item, it takes us back memory lane to an era in ...
The mistakes of yesterday (the missed chances at greatness) are not doing anything to influence the decisions of today. Yet, ...
It is sad that Nigerians above a certain age spend so much time living in the past, lamenting how things ...
by Tolu Orekoya ‘Things Fall Apart’ is one of Africa’s most celebrated novels, renowned for its skillful plotting, depth of ...
It is my opinion that Nigeria is to a large extent the way it is because we the people are ...
by Rachel Ogbu Fusing history, memoirs, poetry and prose, Professor Chinua Achebe’s soon to be released book, ‘There Was a ...
by Ifreke Inyang This year’s edition of the Garden City Literary Festival (GCLF) starts on the 12th of ...