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Wordsmiths in Nigeria: Relics of a lost age? by Chika Nwakama
Art is life. Life’s art. Writing is an art, it could also be a life. What else captures the details of the past, intertwining it with the occurrence of the present, yet plodding the way for the future but writing. With just a few words, your imagination travels between time and space, thus making geographic … Continue reading »
CALL FOR (SUBMISSIONS) POEMS CELEBRATING NIGERIA AT 100
Straining at the Seams: Poems for Nigeria at 100 Edited by Kabura Zakama Kairos Productions is pleased to invite submissions from poets for publication in an anthology titled Straining at the Seams: Poems for Nigeria at 100. The anthology, intended to discuss the life and times of Nigeria since the merger of the Northern and … Continue reading »
CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE AFRICAN STREET WRITER
January’s Theme>>> “Africa: The Art of Building It” Highlighting the fact that The African Street Writer (TASW) is an African Ideology for Africans, our choice of first theme is amassed around building Africa with the most overlooked means; the art. As Africa is becoming a great force to contend with, one might ask, ‘what has … Continue reading »
ARTS AND ITS UNIVERSALITY: A CONVERSATION [1]
Conversants: Ada Agada and Su’eddie Vershima Agema Ada AGADA: I promised this piece on Su’eddie’s prodding. Let me start by saying I believe in the universality of art, in the structured unity of the human mind regardless of race and cultural plurality. I will define universality simply as the transformation of the particular by … Continue reading »
RAMBLINGS ON THE WRITER’S DEPTH
There is something about the depth of the artiste – it is only gotten by going into the heart of this one. Several years ago, I would marvel at the profoundness of the works of lots of literary maestros. The depth of their creative springs and reaches left me bedazzled. I started writing, churning out … Continue reading »
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (THOUGHTS) by Su’eddie Vershima Agema
TITLE: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button AUTHOR: F. Scott Fitzgerald. THINKER: Su’eddie Vershima Agema F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the biggest writers ever. His The Great Gatsby is noted as one of the classics of literature. It is acknowledged as one of the greatest American novels of the 20th century. Not too many … Continue reading »
EXCITEMENT AS UNOMA NGUEMO AZUAH COMES TO MAKURDI TO FEAST OF HER EDIBLE BONES
Makurdi the Benue state capital came alive on the 18th of June, 2012 when SEVHAGE brought award winning writer and internationally acclaimed writer, Unoma Nguemo Azuah to Makurdi, Benue. Nguemo Azuah, an Associate Professor of English at Lake College, Jackson, Tennessee in the United States, was billed to read from her latest novel, Edible Bones. … Continue reading »
A Citation of Unoma Nguemo Azuah by Su’eddie Vershima Agema
[1] Unoma Nguemo Azuah is a Benue exile daughter born away and staying same. She is a Tiv woman by birth born in Ogwashi-Ukwu, Delta state. Her blood flows from ancestral roots in Ukan in Ushongo local government. Her mother is Igbo from Asaba, in Delta state. There’s a history to her writing but the … Continue reading »
TINY PUBLISHING TIPS FROM A PRO – MYNE WHITMAN
Hey Myne, I know someone who is self-publishing a novel and I was wondering if you have any advice for her? I would classify her book as “teen fluff”, and I mean that in the nicest way possible. Its not the same demographic as your work, but I thought it might be helpful to hear … Continue reading »
