Wale Okediran @ 70: Tribute to a Workaholic Writer
So many people have reflected enthusiastically on Dr. Wale Okediran's qualities as he celebrated his enviable 70th birthday two days ...
Tag: African literature
‘Found in Translation: Writing in Indigenous Languages’
I appeared in this group photograph with the Director-General of the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC), ...
A Bibliophilic Tour
During my latest visit to Booksellers, the bookstore in Garki, Abuja, today, I bumped into Malam Denja Abdullahi , a ...
Vision of the Jewel
TITLE: Vision of the Jewel: A Collection of Poems Heralding the Birth of Gombe State AUTHOR: Nana Aishatu Ahmad PUBLISHER: ...
The Favourite Wife
TITLE: The Favourite Wife (a novel) AUTHOR: Hajara Abubakar Sadiq PUBLISHER: Informart, Kaduna YEAR: 2001, reprinted 2008 PAGES: 112 PRICE: ...
The Twist
TITLE: The Twist AUTHOR: Nana Aishatu Ahmad PUBLISHER: Informart, Kaduna YEAR: 2007 PAGES: 100 BLURB: Are all men the ...
Twisting Tradition’s Tale: A Review of Nana Aishatu Ahmad’s “The Twist”
The novel Breaking the stereotype of the northern Nigerian woman as a passive, non-assertive creature is a difficult task indeed. ...
The Twist
TITLE: The Twist AUTHOR: Nana Aishatu Ahmad PUBLISHER: Informart, Kaduna YEAR: 2007 PAGES: 100 BLURB: Are all men the same ...
‘Yartsana: A Window into the Oldest Profession
My reading of Ibrahim Sheme’s Hausa novel, 'Yartsana, reveals a heroine unjustly treated by the trio of her society, her ...
Omega
TITLE: Omega AUTHOR: M.O. Obande PUBLISHER: Informart, Kaduna YEAR: 2005 PAGES: 119 BLURB: Otseme Eneabo, best known as Omega, was ...