Peo Davies …embroidered wings in flight
Uko Aje, You need not run away, I just asked “how do you do?” in Swahili language of Kenya. Truthfully, how do you do? I come here sparingly recently but my mind is always with you. The beauty of life is to maximize every hour that you have, as …
Read More »Withered but With Us!
The lonely tree With varying shapes of leaves Just withered! The Actor cum Writer, Poet cum dramatist, Translator cum polyglot. He rose from Agboye, Oyo Alaafin, You portrayed the cultural ideologies, Distinguishing you from the market noise of knowledge. Sapping knowledge from Ibadan, Doing exploits in Ibadan, Pitching his tent …
Read More »LOVING RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD & MAN: REVIEW OF ‘THE VOW’ BY IBUKUNOLUWA IDOWU
Album: The Vow Number of tracks: 6 Year of album: 2016 Produced by: Abiodun Oni Name of Reviewer: Olutayo Irantiola The Yoruba genre of gospel music had been in dearth of originality in the recent past, however, Ibukun Idowu in the album titled ‘The Vow’ demonstrated her understanding of the …
Read More »FINE DINING & DINING FINE THE AFRICAN WAY AT NOK BY ALARA
Photo credit: Olutayo Irantiola The heart of the Island is experiencing a culinary difference at the moment. It is the Nok by Alara restaurant, a natural space to enjoy your African fine dining at its best. Nok by Alara is located at 12, Akin Olugbade Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. The …
Read More »HUMOUR, LOVE AND HISTORY IN GHANA MUST GO BY YVONNE OKORO
Titile of Movie: Ghana Must GoGenre: Romantic ComedyProduction company: Desamour Productions LimitedMovie Release Date: June 10 2016Reviewer: Olutayo Irantiola Ghana Must Go is such an interesting romantic comedy about Ama and Chuks, a Ghanaian lady who met a Nigerian man in London while they were both on postgraduate studies. The father …
Read More »Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Short Story Becomes the Single Most Translated Work in the History of African Writing
The Kenyan author’s story The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright is ‘the single most transla ted short story in the history of African writing’ A fable by the major Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has been translated into over 30 languages, making it “the single most translated short …
Read More »THE PEOPLE’S COURT, THE PEOPLE’S WILL
Playwright: Lanre Quadri Published: 2013 Page: 40 pages Title: The Indictment Publisher: iGod Books Reviewer: Olutayo Irantiola The opening of this book is with a poem by the poet-playwright, Lanre Quadri, who defined stealing and governance according to the happenings within Nigeria and Africa at large. According to the playwright, …
Read More »Fiston Mujila, author of Tram83, Wins Etisalat Prize for Literature 2015
Fiston Mujila, author of Tram83 has been announced as the winner of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature this evening in Lagos at a well – attended colourful ceremony. Mujila was at Durban earlier in the for the Time of the Writer Festival before coming to Lagos, Nigeria for the …
Read More »IDOWU ADEDAYO: HERALDING THE GOSPEL WITH POETRY
Artiste: Adedayo Idowu Number of Tracks: 5 Year of Release: 2016 Reviewer: Olutayo IRANTIOLA There is a general misconception that there are some vocabularies in English that cannot be translated or transliterated into Yoruba. This was one of the things addressed by Adedayo Idowu in his new work titled Konkonboto which he …
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(c)Olutayo IRAN-TIOLA, Lagos, Nigeria
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