In the unbroken moonlight on the Plateau: all the pains I’ve secreted away in the deep hiding places of my heart they crawl out, these hidden pains like insects from underneath these stones that dot the Plateau slowly, from deep within the tears come but the abressive winds dry them up… ..in the unbroken moonlight … Continue reading »
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OKIGBO – MYTHMAKER & TOWNCRIER AT HEAVENSGATE by Hyginus Ekwuazi
Osofisan recounts this incident about how Okigbo took him to Mbari club one night to work. He was barely out of the secondary school and Okigbo was mentoring him. How for a few hours he managed to bang away at the typewriter before falling asleep. How in his sleep the smell of the midnight oil … Continue reading »
FRESH NIGERIAN GRIOTS (INTERVIEW 1): HYGINUS EKWUAZI
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION: Dr. Hyginus Ekwuazi is a lecturer with the Theatre Arts Department in the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. He is also a notable behind-the-scenes name in the Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood as well as the founding Director-General of the National Film Institute, Jos, Plateau. What is not so popular about him is his … Continue reading »
THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF AN UNANSWERED PRAYER (A Poem) by Hyginus Ekwuazi
[for George Egbuchulam] The oxygen mask the tubes the tapes the poles and all those sachets of healing fluids dangling and dripping from them and the pain and the pain— your hand, gripping mine, trying to communicate the searing pain coursing through your body— did your hand gripping mine carry … Continue reading »
TALES IN MEMORIES, THE LYRICS OF THOUGHTS: IN LIEU OF AN EXPLORATION OF HYGINUS EKWUAZI’S THAT OTHER COUNTRY
By Su’eddie Vershima AGEMA The name Hyginus Ekwuazi is no longer strange in poetic circles. He has made a mark on the Nigerian poetry scene with more than three books of poetry published already. A notable fact is that each of his books has a theme, symbol or idea that all the poems reflect. Mercifully, … Continue reading »
A GLIMPSE OF NIGERIA’S COMPULSORY SERVICE YEAR PEN-WISE: THOUGHTS ON JOSHUA AGBO’S BEYOND THE DARK CLOUD
The story of the Nigerian compulsory one-year graduate service is one that means different things to different people. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) – the name of the service body – brings memories to everyone who has undergone the service. Now, I wouldn’t bore you with the long history of its formation but let … Continue reading »
PRESS RELEASE – THE LONGLIST 2012 WOLE SOYINKA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IN AFRICA
THE LUMINA FOUNDATION, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GLOBACOM HEREBY ANNOUNCE THE LONG LIST OF THE 2012 EDITION OF THE WOLE SOYINKA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IN AFRICA (KNOWN AS OUR AFRICAN NOBEL) • The Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa was established in 2005 by The Lumina Foundation, as a Biennial Award to the best literary … Continue reading »
Ibadan’s ‘Artmosphere’ Charged with Hyginus Ekwuazi, DTone, Su’eddie Agema and others at the City of Words
It was March 31, 2012, the place was Chrysalis Place, an exclusive restaurant in Old Bodija while the event was the ‘Artmosphere’: an avant-garde literary event with the March theme ‘City of Words’. The event started with general introductions by everyone. To get things rolling, co-anchor, Olukayode Servio Gbadamosi (a performance poet) read from the … Continue reading »
THOUGHTS ON HYGINUS EKWUAZI
THOUGHTS ON HYGINUS EKWUAZI By Su’eddie Agema For the first time, I am publishing my ‘Thoughts’ not on a book or article but on a person, a friend, Dr. Hyginus Ekwuazi – no, not the fine medical Dr, a great man in himself but the elder Dr. For those who do not know this literary … Continue reading »
