It is not every time you would find me talking on issues like this. Well, it is worth talking about and I think it is time we all put our mouths and acts into it. Now, this is not one of those essays that take from lots of figures that don’t really make sense or … Continue reading »
Posted in August 2011 …
AND I BECAME AN UNCLE AGAIN
The new baby came in on 11th August, 2011. By the hours of the morning, he had come – our son. They said my sister, Theodora, had had a caesarean… then, her man’s voice was low and near grave. Ah, shei kosi? Ka nyi? (Na wetin…what is it?!!) I was in Makurdi and was puzzled … Continue reading »
THOUGHTS ON CHUMA NWOKOLO (JNR)’S DIARIES OF A DEAD AFRICAN
THOUGHTS ON CHUMA NWOKOLO (JNR)’S DIARIES OF A DEAD AFRICAN[1] by Su’eddie Vershima Agema Chuma Nwokolo’s Diaries of a Dead African is a good post-colonial text that weaves a story across two generations, that of two brothers and their father. It depicts a story of poverty, affluence, anger, bitterness, the Nigerian society of today and … Continue reading »
