by Ugochukwu Anadị. | Jan 25, 2023 | Reviews & Essays
It was on 1st August, 2020, when the COVID-19-occasioned lockdown was at its peak in the country that a Catholic Spiritan priest, David Terna Pember and one of the editors of the anthology, Regina Achie Nege, decided to start an online book club that will meet monthly...
by Chinasa Afigbo | Aug 14, 2021 | Reviews & Essays
Kasimma is from Igboland. Her works are published on The Puritan, Kikwetu Journal, Native Skin, Jellyfish Review, Afreecan Read, Orbis Journal, Cacti fur, The Bombay Review, Trampset, Sledgehammer, and elsewhere. Kasimma’s collection of short stories, All Shades of...
by Iheoma J. Uzomba | Jun 9, 2021 | Reviews & Essays
(PERFORMED AT THE NEW ARTS THEATRE, UNN ON THE 6TH OF MAY, 2021) DIRECTOR: Ugochukwu Victor Ugwu PRODUCTION MANAGER: Kasarachi Okpe CAST: Kosi Ejikeme, Aina Adebola, Chimaobi Okolo, Lorenzo Menakaya, Chudi Mike, Simon Ebuka Ugwu, Oyindamola Adesunloye. Runtime: 1 hour...
by Anthony Dim | Mar 25, 2021 | Reviews & Essays
Human Rights Month is commemorated in March to keep South Africans reminded of the sacrifices that accompanied the struggle for the attainment of democracy in the country, marked by Nelson Mandela’s electoral victory in 1994. Under apartheid, the white minority held...
by Larry Erhuvwuoghene Onokpite | Feb 5, 2021 | Reviews & Essays
Charles Mungoshi was a Zimbabwean writer, poet, and a playwright. He wrote in both English and Shona language. His short stories were mostly hedged around the theme of post-colonial oppression, which was the reason his collection of short stories Some Kind of Wounds...
by Thandi Soko-de Jong | Jan 16, 2021 | Reviews & Essays
Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, John Chilembwe (1871-1915) organized an uprising against colonial rule, which did not turn out successful. He is however celebrated in Malawi on every 15th January as a hero of independence. This essay is written to...
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