Africa

A CONVERSATION WITH TUNDE KELANI ON CORDELIA PART 1

November 5, 2021

PART 1 Femi Osofisan’s Cordelia: A Short Fiction of Fused Literary Genres By Toyin Falola On November 5th, 2021, at 8 pm, Tunde Kelani will

A CONVERSATION WITH ALAO ADEDAYO, PART 2

October 29, 2021

Musa Adedayo and Alaroye: The Future of Yoruba Language (This is the report on the interview with Mr Alao Adedayo on October 17, 2021. For the transcript, see: Facebook: https://fb.watch/8I5ow-akVZ/

2023 Presidency: Who is Afraid of Ndigbo?

October 29, 2021

By Jude Obuseh In a statement issued last week Monday, Media Mogul, Raymond Dokpesi, of DAAR Communications, opined that the agitation for Biafra by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the

CAPPA seeks justice for Lekki tollgate shooting victims

October 21, 2021

*Launches book on #Endsars one year after One year after the protests tagged #Endsars that gripped the country last year, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has presented

A Journey of Guided Discovery: A Review of James Yeku’s Where the Baedeker Leads

October 20, 2021

By Toyin Falola The first time I started to read James Yeku’s poetry collection, I wondered why he chose that title for his book. First off, not many people

A CONVERSATION WITH OBA LAMIDI ADEYEMI III, PART 1

October 20, 2021

ALAAFIN ADEYEMI III: THE THRONE OF NUMEROUS AUTHORITIES By Toyin Falola Ikú Bàbá Yèyé Royal positions in Africa, especially in the pre-colonial time, were not necessarily because

Simi’s “Woman”: An Explosive Tool for Social Change

October 17, 2021

By Toyin Falola Explosive—that’s one word that aptly describes Simisola Bolatito Kosoko’s latest single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udnkr-pMRa8 Better known by her stage name, Simi, this amazon of an African musician has yet

TOYIN FALOLA PRIZE 2021 SHORTLIST RELEASED

October 15, 2021

The administrators of the Toyin Falola short stories prize have announced the names of six writers from the 11 earlier shortlisted. A statement today said, “Following the feedback of our

Chairmanship: Ayu emerges PDP consensus candidate

October 14, 2021

A former Senate President, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, has emerged as the northern consensus candidate for the position of National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. This was after a series

Activists reject Corporate Privatisation of water as World Bank Meets

October 13, 2021

Civil society and labour activists on the platform of the Our Water Our Right Africa Coalition have called on African governments to reject water privatisation and demand the return of

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