Let nobody tell you lies; the best thing about the end of the year in Nigeria is the sheer number of culture festivals that you can immerse yourself in. You are one of the lucky few if your schedule permits you to truly immerse yourself in these culture fests. Just last week we reported live... Read More

Adunni Nerfetiti, Ake Arts and Book Festival 2016, Brymo, Chinelo Okparanta, falana, Fati Abubakar, Helon Habila, Kuto, Leye Adenle, molara wood, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Ogun State Centre for Arts and Culture, Patrick Okigbo, teju cole, Tendai Huchu, Toni Kan, Wana Udobang

November 11, 2016

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o to headline the 2016 Ake festival

Abeokuta, Ogun State will stand still once again as it hosts an outstanding roaster of writers, thinkers, artists, filmmakers, musicians, book lovers and art enthusiasts at the fourth edition of the Ake Arts and Book Festival2016. We are pleased to announce that our dates for this year are 15th -19th November and the festival will... Read More

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March 3, 2015

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Ayo Sogunro: And so, folks, I went to #MeetThePresident…

by Ayo Sogunro “There’s no hypocrisy in PDP”, someone else would confirm to me later, “People just do what they want and everyone is happy” There is something fundamentally wrong with my car. Some two weeks ago, while navigating my way to the Fashola organized “Valentine Dinner with Buhari”, I knocked off my front bumper. This... Read More

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May 12, 2014

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Opinion: What will Nigeria owe America now?

by Atane Ofiaja Will that drone base in neighboring Niger be utilized in the near future in Nigeria? What will the US expect in return from Nigeria for all their assistance? Nothing is truly for free. Calamity befalling Nigeria is now the norm. Who could have envisioned regular bombings in Abuja, the nation’s capital? This... Read More

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November 11, 2012

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Stanley Azuakola: The NLNG Prize can be so much bigger and better

But if I had the opportunity to ask the judges one question, it would be this: How on earth did Teju Cole’s Open City and Eghosa Imasuen’s Fine Boys fail to make that initial ten-man shortlist? How? “Petty cash.” That was how the critic Molara Wood, then an editor at the defunct newspaper 234Next, described... Read More

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March 11, 2012

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Ikhide Says: To the critics of #Kony2012 – Shut up and do something!

by Ikhide R. Ikheloa The name is Ikhide. I am an African. This African rises to applaud Jason Russell the filmmaker, and Invisible Children, the geniuses behind the epic video Kony 2012, a riveting documentary that has now been watched by over 50 million human beings. Kony 2012 is a ringing indictment of a silent... Read More

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December 8, 2011

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Big fates! Teju Cole’s ‘Open City’ makes Time Magazine’s Top 10 list

By Rachel Ogbu Just a few weeks ago, we were raving about Teju Cole’s debut book; ‘Open City’ and now Time magazine has paid attention to this great work awarding it the fourth position in its 2011 Top 10 Fiction Books compilation. According to the magazine, there’s not much by way of plot to Teju Cole’s... Read More

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November 21, 2011

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You Tweet! "An angry girlfriend will make me close down my Twitter account," says @eaboyeji

by ‘Ifreke Inyang Iyinoluwa Aboyeji is the Director of Research and Development, Empowerment Squared and the co-founder of Bookneto (www.bookneto.com). What makes all these titles more interesting is that he is just 20! He recently spoke to YNaija about Twitter. “It can be a time waster. You have to know the limits.” What were you doing... Read More

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November 11, 2011

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From the Magazine: Book Review – Teju Cole's 'Open City'

By Tolu Ogunlesi Title: Open City Author: Teju Cole Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd, UK (2011) Pages: 259 Category: Fiction “AND SO when I began to go on evening walks last fall, I found Morningside Heights an easy place from which to set out into the city,” declares Julius, a young German-Nigerian psychiatrist, and... Read More

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