Arts

Campuses Must Reopen!

October 6, 2022

By Toyin Falola I call the deaf by his name he hears me, but I claim I’m being ignored and shamed; I count stones on the streets put

Annie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature

October 6, 2022

The 2022 Nobel prize in literature has been awarded to Annie Ernaux, a French author whose works are mostly autobiographical. The committee cited her work “for the courage and

Lar’s biography for public presentation

October 4, 2022

*Obasanjo, Atiku, Tinubu, Obi to attend The biography id the founding Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the late Chief Solomon Daushep Lar is to be presented

Africa: Ideologies and Narrations

September 26, 2022

By Toyin Falola Africa’s history cuts across the ancient period, precolonial formations, slavery, colonial, post-colonial, and developmental stages hatched and told by both African and foreign scholars. Today, countless

AFRICAN LITERATURE SHOULD BE WRITTEN BY AFRICANS IN AFRICAN LANGUAGES, SAYS WA THIONG’O

September 26, 2022

By Wale Okediran Veteran Writer, Prof Ngugi Wa Thiong’o has reiterated his well-known position on the use of Language in African Literature with a new charge to African

God Abeg!

September 20, 2022

By Toyin Falola The sociolinguistic property of God Abeg became bare after Oludare Alaba’s hilarious video hovered around social media platforms and raised continuous conversations. Alaba, a

Oyelade’s insightful chronicle of broadcast journalism

September 20, 2022

TITLE: Dotun Oyelade Reporting… (Memoirs of a Newshound) AUTHOR: Dotun Oyelade with Tola Teriba and Ayodeji Ajisope PUBLISHER: Aikon Integral Concept, Ibadan (2022) Reviewed by Isaac

Monica Cheru on Rethinking African Literature

September 13, 2022

By Toyin Falola (This is the final interview report with a panel of African writers on August 7. For the transcripts: YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=GN6IcDGTAzE Facebook: https://fb.watch/eLOPycx-MF/) In an

JAPA!

September 2, 2022

By Toyin Falola Flee! Japa does not mean to walk away. It is to flee from danger or a compromising situation. It means fleeing an abusive relationship, an

The Strange Moon of Yenogoa: A Review

August 23, 2022

Review by Jumoke Verissimo Title: The Strange Moon of Yenagoa Author: Samuel Osaze Publisher Akono Verlag, Leipzig, 2021 Samuel Osaze’s The Strange Moon of Yenagoa conveys the Nigerian youth’s never-ending dissatisfaction,

The NigerianCurrent is published by Current Media Limited (CML) based in Lagos, Nigeria.

The NigerianCurrent believes in the Nigerian Project and that Nigerians, businesses and the government must work together to defend that project.

Social Media

Nigerian Current