Arts

Beyond the cover-up

November 10, 2021

By Olayinka Oyegbile The rules are simple: they lie to us, we know they’re lying, they know we know they’re lying, but they keep lying to us, and we

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/

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

Ali A. Mazrui, Abdulrazak Gurnah and the Swahili moment

October 13, 2021

By Toyin Falola October 12 has been declared “Ali A. Mazrui Memorial Day” by his friends, colleagues, and well-wishers. This year’s observance is very unique as it coincides with

A CONVERSATION WITH MOLEFI ASANTE, PART 4

October 5, 2021

Molefi Asante: On Reimagining Africa and Africans By Toyin Falola What is Africa? Who are Africans? What is African history? What do you make of Africa in tracing its

Oyegbile’s The Dirty Leap: Dramatizing Disillusionment and Dystopia

September 8, 2021

By Toyin Falola No literary work is divorced from the society in which it is created. Whether covertly or overtly, literature is usually influenced by the society in which it

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