Day: January 28, 2018

‘It is not my responsibility to teach morals’

Many readers appreciate a meeting with a writer, hopefulklt t6heir favourite writer. When a writer publishes a new book there are opportunities to attend a signature session, a launch or another occassion.   A Bookchat is one of those other opportunities. Readers, a prublishers, professional readers (socalled critics) meet a writer at a nice location.  … Continue reading ‘It is not my responsibility to teach morals’

ANA unveils roadmap, tasks government on insecurity and neglect of writers

How many Nigerian creative writers do live and work in Nigeria and abroad? I Have no idea. Maybe the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has an inkling.  The ANA exist to protect the creative writers in the country. It even wants to create at Writers’ Village near the capital city. Read in this statement more … Continue reading ANA unveils roadmap, tasks government on insecurity and neglect of writers

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún: Renaissance is badly needed in African language literature

One of the remarkable things of Nigeria is the multitude of languages. I remember from my days in Plateau State, Nigeria, the large number of languages in this state alone. English and Hausa had not (yet) been able  to push away these languages, even though local languages were often not allowed to be spoken at … Continue reading Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún: Renaissance is badly needed in African language literature