Arts

A CONVERSATION WITH MOLEFI ASANTE, PART 1

September 8, 2021

Molefi Asante: Breathing Africa, Living Blackness By Toyin Falola Em hotep nefer weret! I have listened to his lectures. I have served on committees with

Yusuf Grillo 1934-2021

September 8, 2021

By Dele Jegede There could hardly have been a more lugubrious day for me and, I guess, countless others, than August 23rd, when I learned of the passing of Mr.

Afolayan’s new film out October 1

September 1, 2021

Kunle Afolayan’s new feature film is to be released on Netflix on October 1. The celebrated filmmaker’s new film is an adaptation of Sefi Atta’s best-selling novel, Swallow, which he

Adetanwa Odebiyi’s Twisted Love and The Dangers of Favoritism in a Nuclear Family

August 31, 2021

By Toyin Falola The story of Jacob’s family is a popular tale among religious families, but there is an aspect of the Biblical story of Joseph to which

Descent from humanism: Literature, music, and the media

August 18, 2021

By Professor Olu Obafemi Many would agree that when the core principles and values inherent in humanism–rationality, reason, compassion, human dignity, fellow-feeling, freedom, love, and kindness–are in deficit in society,

‘Three and a half decades after we parted in Nigeria, I met my brother again in America’

August 11, 2021

It was palpable joy when Taiwo Abiodun, a Nigerian journalist who recently relocated to America, met his brother, Professor Rowland Abiodun in Amherst, more than three decades after the brother

A CONVERSATION WITH SEGUN ODEGBAMI, PART 5

August 10, 2021

Mathematical 7 Goes on Stage: Segun Odegbami, Abeokuta, and the Making of “Ayinla” by Tunde Kelani PART 5 THE EAGLE LANDED ON PLANET NOLLYWOOD

A CONVERSATION WITH PROFESSOR PAUL ZELEZA, PART 8 of 8

August 10, 2021

Preface This final piece marks Zeleza’s end of term as Vice Chancellor of United States International University in Kenya. PART A THE INTERVIEW (Unedited Transcript) What

Author calls for improved reading culture

August 9, 2021

By Emmanuel Onoja Law Ikay Ezeh, one of the authors shortlisted for the the 2021 $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature (NPL) has said reading culture in Nigeria is quite

A cut too deep to heal (for Pius Adesanmi)

August 9, 2021

By Olayinka Oyegbile (Wreaths for a Wayfarer: An anthology of poems in honour of Pius Adesanmi (1972-2019), 2020) It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it

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