Poem of the Week: So Now Arise- A Tribute to Eureka

  O First love A sweet despair A damsel to fall for A tale made up Of blood drenched hearts And butterfly full stomachs Real as it seems The moments ran away Leaving only memories Of glade and grey Laughter,

Following Brazil and China, Nigeria to Open Cultural Centre in South Africa

  Nigeria’s Tourism, Culture and National Orientation Ministry has said it would open a cultural centre in South Africa this year, following those established in 2008 and 2012 in Brazil and China respectively. Dr. Taiwo Oladokun, the media assistant to

Poem of the Week: The Great Divorce

By Nehi Igbinijesu The throng of loving singing To a sire once beloved Pretty-so very pretty That He gave both sky and all To rule and guide Both beast and clime Seconding only Jove Then pride crept filled With dance

Poem: Memories of Nobody

By Kobe Eru Godwin Besides still waters I lay Quiet, Calm like the silence of the lamb With broken words and a rusty crucifix I pray Cold breaths expel, break the gathering of air On the edge of pain and

Poem of the Week: The Unforgiven

By Nehi Igbinijesu Sometimes it’s too late To take back- to apologize Oftentimes it’s not fate Just a heart apostatized Quickly- it would have won Profuse- good it would have done Yet you let the frowns demur Upset you muted

Poem of the Week: Blown Out

Nehi Igbinijesu   Alas, The dawning of stellar day Lurid and long awaited Like lyrics from another plain Prior warnings that gladden A soul heeding the elder’s pall Reveries romantic That only old age brings Lessons of life and wounds

GTBank To Support Short Film Project — African Metropolis

Guaranty Trust Bank, Nigeria’s foremost financial institution, has partnered with the Goethe-Institut of South Africa and Steven Markovitz to support African Metropolis – an initiative of the Goethe-Institut and executive producer Steven Markovitz, with further support of the Hubert Bals

Poem of the Week: A Clash of Two Odes

By Nehi Igbinijesu Revelling in loathed rubbish Reeling in the ghastly pain Of gainful blood-letting And fears that sing an ode Oh song for how long Bleating melodious tirades Insulting insolence in situ Removing respect Starked up for years All

Poem of the Week: Smoke in My Eyes

By Nehi Igbinijesu Readily I cry sore Staring with pepper Perturbing both eyes In tears of blood streaming Snaking down amidst many lies Hands gently smooching My uneasy head compelling To end the brittle knottings Of dried palm leaves here

Poem of the Week: Lessons from Ivanhoe

Nehi Igbinijesu Stars, whistles, bottles, thistles Who the future light will tell Furores, discos, livid occidentals Tomorrow pray we turnout well Prime free lendings Of dirty funny money The demure everlasting Withering furtive fishes Causing sneezes and colds From Cathay

Poem of the Week: Redemption

Nehi Igbinijesu Raving ravens ravaged O sleepless town of old Compromising covens concealed Once but now many told For they were revered once For fear did they embold Wimpering beast and man all Like chilly harmattan cold   Who may

Invitation to the February Creative Enterprise Session in Abuja

The Creative Entrepreneurs Association of Nigeria would be delighted to have you as a Guest at its February’s Creative Enterprise Sessions in Abuja; a monthly Interactive Mentoring Meetup in Lagos and Abuja for Creative Entrepreneurs. This month’s session will have

Poem: The First Time

By Kobe Eru Godwin Never like the first time we met Eyes like Diamonds in a field of snow Never like the first words she said Like pathway created by water, she flows Never like the first walk we had

Miami Ad School Scholarship for Nigerian Creatives

For the third consecutive year, CHINI Productions will be offering Nigerian creatives the opportunity to study on scholarship at any Miami Ad School campus of their choice in the world. The scholarship is for a two-year study in Art Direction,

Poem: Anthem of a Lost Tribe

By Kobe Eru Godwin No sound from distance chant No symphony from holy house of worship No mothers call, no babies cry Few hands to hold when fathers die No bravery In silence, with broken tongues, prayers we say to

Poem of the Week: The Morality of Compromise

By Nehi Igbinijesu   What thought we’d never do Did we shameless-loathed Abased but our janus appeased Straddled along frigid banisters And lonely staircases creaking With sounds disorderly No inhibitions- no cares Forgetful of nuptial daliiances Wreaking gleefully at rompous

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