OF WORLD POETRY DAY, MEANING AND ACHEBE
Yeah, I know that most of us forgot today is Achebe’s sixth anniversary. Let’s start this by saying ‘Thank God Achebe lived. Thank God for the poetry of his words as well as the poetry of his life.’
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LITERARY BUZZ: PURPLE SILVER OPEN MIC SESSION (25th May, 2013): DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION BUZZ: The Symbols Cuisine Gallery. 7pm. We walked in, Maik Ortserga (Executive Editor with Aboki Publishers and Secretary of Benue Association of Nigerian Authors) and I. There was Anselm Ngutsav, Apine Kenneth and Stephen Aba. I was still wondering if I had made the right choice of forfeiting my Abuja trip for this session – … Continue reading LITERARY BUZZ: PURPLE SILVER OPEN MIC SESSION (25th May, 2013): DISCUSSION
Chinua Achebe: Death, Where Are Thy Claws? – Niyi Osundare
Chinua Achebe is one of those epically unique individuals whose lives have been so full, so purposive and so impactful that we begin to pray that they will never die. But who doesn’t know that that is mere wishful thinking? To be sure, the Eagle on Iroko didn’t die young, but he left when … Continue reading Chinua Achebe: Death, Where Are Thy Claws? – Niyi Osundare
STUBBORN SOUL (A POEM) by Kator Hule
(for Chinua Achebe) You Stubborn Soul Saturate with thoughts they hated You who littered stubborn words in our hard hearts Words too stubborn to die Too stubborn to be forgotten You literary glitterati Die! The grief that strides Like a bullet through Biafra forests during the war, you pierced Too stubborn, you refused to die … Continue reading STUBBORN SOUL (A POEM) by Kator Hule
HOW TO BE A NIGERIAN WRITER by Elnathan John
You know the value of books. The process of making them intrigues you. You want your name on the front cover of a book and, like an earthworm inches through dirt into the ground, you want to make your way into people’s homes, heads and hearts. I am here to help you achieve … Continue reading HOW TO BE A NIGERIAN WRITER by Elnathan John
THE PARTICULAR AND THE UNIVERSAL: A CONVERSATION ON THE UNIVERSALITY OF ART
Conversants: Ada AGADA[i] and Su’eddie Vershima Agema[ii] Contributors: Maik Ortserga[iii] and Samuel Okopi[iv] Ada AGADA: A famous European critic once correctly argued that both Achebe and Hardy are particular. While Achebe is a literary denizen of his Igbo environment, Hardy is domiciled in his Wessex (or Dorset) environment. Both wrote about village life. Both missed … Continue reading THE PARTICULAR AND THE UNIVERSAL: A CONVERSATION ON THE UNIVERSALITY OF ART
Su'eddie in Life n' Literature 