Poem: Thorns and Roses

By Kobe Eru Godwin Words gentle, calm like a whisper in the wind But cut so deep Her presence so close, a slice of Utopia But far from reach Immaculate like an Angel, but still, a slash of scarlet in

Poem of the Week: The Me You Love Again- A Tribute to my Beloved Nigeria

By Nehi Igbinijesu Fifty years now passed And still there’s me Yes- the part you couldn’t steal Then dumped muted The core of my earth enthralled Satiated in its own reclusion Away from the fermentation Of hurt, wounds, calumny Of

Poem: Acres of Hope

By Kobe Eru Godwin Tears cascade from the bags of eyelids To rough of chin, black and salty No rain drops to quench the thirst of vengence Sleep, far from the bosom of our comfort To the heavens, fingers

Poem of the Week: An Oshodi-Bound Driver Crazed

By Nehi Igbinijesu The blare, horns, blare And the angered, frustrated faces Listless- Ridden with unwinding care Useless words and many swear phrases Cleft and sea befuddling Bemused at files like ants at a sugarhill And the peace languidly debased

Poem: The Rejected Ones

By Pamela Agboga   I never knew it would hurt this long You said it would be sweet, and sweet it was, but not for long nine months’ pain and shame but now it’s past, now at last I find

Goethe-Institute presents Club cultures in Africa and Europe

Ten cities, two continents, three disciplines: The project TEN CITIES teams up about 50 DJs, producers and musicians from Berlin, Bristol, Johannesburg, Cairo, Kiev, Lagos, Lisbon, Luanda, Nairobi and Naples, enabling them to produce music together and exchange their knowledge

Wickerwork Wonder: Artisan covers Car with Raffia Palm Cane in Ibadan

Artisan Ojo Obaniyi, 40, based in Ibadan Nigeria, is getting International attention, after he covered an old Volkswagen Golf Car, with woven raffia palm cane. He covered the exterior and interior of the car, becoming a new initiative of wicked

Poem of the Week: Conversation with Dooshima

By Nehi Igbinijesu Achelenu:   So she met another one In the wake I thought, I loved She could look straight no longer Into eyes that once Made soul and heart wonder For what it was worth She did

Poem of the Week: The Kraken and Mr. Dove

By Nehi Igbinijesu     Come dine with me Mr. Dove And we will many a problem solve Bring the mountains down to valleys Evading mudslides and darkened alleys And we will crouch under the oaks Having drunk our fill

Poem of the Week: O Twisted Twenty Twelve

By Nehi Igbinijesu   Go from us, thou fleeting year Depart with all your fear The blood, and grim for all we care Your time was all but fair Tarry not a dreary day longer They bombed, some died And

Movie Review: Phone Swap

By Ada Arinze. Script: Kemi Adesoye Director: Yinka Edwards and Alfred Chai Producer: Kunle Afolayan Cast: Wale Ojo, Nse Etim Ikpe, Joke Silva, Lydia Forson Review: His first movie being the success that it was, I guess it is safe

Poem of the Week: The Long Road Home

By Eru Kobe Godwin Eyes closed, a rush of cold wind, Wakes me up to a blur reality, Naked alone I came into this world, A frost of brown dust, innocence, an extension of heaven, Tender her palms, she caress

Fidelity Bank Presents The Creative Writing Contest Online!

The Editorial Board of Fidelity Bank Creative Writing Workshop hereby invites fiction and poetry works for publication on creativewriting.fidelitybankplc.com. Submission instructions: Submissions should be between 500-1000 words long (for fiction and creative nonfiction). Poetry submissions should be two poems of

Lagos Book And Art Festival To Hold In November

The 14th Lagos Book & Art Festival (LABAF) will hold from November 16 to 18, 2012 at Freedom Park, Lagos. The theme is “The Narrative of Conflict”. It will focus on written word and the literacy it engenders. The festival

Globacom Sponsors 4th Edition of Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa

Globacom Limited, in a move that is commendable, has partnered with the Lumina Foundation to become the major sponsor of the fourth edition of the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa. The names of all the authors on the

Book N Guage 14: For the Love of Books

This weekend, on Saturday, 28th July 2012, the Book N Gauge, Lagos’ leading literary and book culture event will take place. This fourteenth edition of the monthly event is titled “For the Love of Books” and will be featuring Emmanuel

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