Year: <span>2018</span>

BOOK REVIEWS

REVISITING BIAFURU: OUR STORY OF MISERY AND SURVIVAL

John Chizoba VincentOctober 9, 2018August 3, 2020

Sometimes the pains of one’s origin become unbearable when the urge to ask what killed your grandfather and grandmother keeps revisiting you over and over without seeking your permission. Sometimes...

ESSAYS

WHY I WRITE: WRITING IS EVERYTHING by Ruth Dahiru

Ruth DahiruOctober 9, 2018August 3, 2020

I can’t imagine it. Not for lack of trying because I have, tried that is. A countless number of times, if I’m to be honest, but the end is the...

BOOK REVIEWS

REVIEW: SARAH ALUKO PASSIONATELY PENNED ‘FIRSTBORN’ TO PERFECTION

Oyindamola ShoolaSeptember 28, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: FIRSTBORN AUTHOR: SARAH ALUKO GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 148 PUBLISHERS: CREATESPACE YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2017 ISBN: 978-0995723801 REVIEWER: OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA Sarah Aluko cautiously penned her first book – Firstborn,...

WRITING TIPS

STORYTELLING IS IMPORTANT

Staff WriterSeptember 28, 2018August 3, 2020

No matter where you belong, through discussion and sharing your stories with others you can become a known person for each other. Storytelling is the most important factor to inspire...

WRITING TIPS

THE IMPORTANCE OF POETRY AND GREAT LITERATURE

Gideon CecilSeptember 28, 2018August 3, 2020

Poetry has always been a part of human life. It is an art that lies in the soul and spirit of man since the beginning of time. A poet writes...

POETRY Uncategorized

TO BE FREE (a poem by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche)

Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-EnwemucheSeptember 24, 2018March 31, 2019

I am bird who believes in freedom, but I’m haunted every day. My life is an adventure with horrible tales as landmarks for my scars tells my story & my happiness dampens my grief.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2018 [SEPTEMBER] ‘NIGERIA 2019: OF THUMBS & PVCs’

Staff WriterSeptember 20, 2018August 3, 2020

Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers invites poets from Nigeria to enter their poems for the September 2018 edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC). This month’s theme is: 'NIGERIA 2019:...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS NEWS

BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST: KINGSLEY DOMINIC IS BPPC AUGUST 2018 WINNER

Staff WriterSeptember 20, 2018August 3, 2020

Kingsley Dominic has won the August edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) 2018 which was themed: ‘JOURNEYING’. Dominic beat 89 other entrants to the first prize with his...

BOOK REVIEWS

REVIEW: PREPARE TO BE “AROUSED AND ENTHRALLED” WITH SIGNIFICANTLY “SUBLIME AND GRACEFUL EXPRESSIONS” IN OGAR’S ‘FIRST LIGHT’

Eugene YakubuSeptember 2, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: FIRST LIGHT: 50 SELECTED POEMS AUTHOR: LUKE OGAR GENRE: POETRY PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-967-585-2 NO. OF PAGES: 70 REVIEWER: EUGENE YAKUBU...

BOOK REVIEWS

REVIEW: ‘A WALK IN HER SHOES’ IS UNPRETENTIOUS, “EMINENTLY READABLE AND RELATABLE” WITH DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES

Eugene YakubuSeptember 2, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: A WALK IN HER SHOES AUTHORS: YEWANDE OGUNNUBI & TOMISIN OGUNNUBI GENRE: PROSE (NON-FICTION) PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-55613-9-5 NO. OF PAGES: 102 REVIEWER:...

Year: 2018

REVISITING BIAFURU: OUR STORY OF MISERY AND SURVIVAL

WHY I WRITE: WRITING IS EVERYTHING by Ruth Dahiru

REVIEW: SARAH ALUKO PASSIONATELY PENNED ‘FIRSTBORN’ TO PERFECTION

STORYTELLING IS IMPORTANT

THE IMPORTANCE OF POETRY AND GREAT LITERATURE

TO BE FREE (a poem by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2018 [SEPTEMBER] ‘NIGERIA 2019: OF THUMBS & PVCs’

BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST: KINGSLEY DOMINIC IS BPPC AUGUST 2018 WINNER

REVIEW: PREPARE TO BE “AROUSED AND ENTHRALLED” WITH SIGNIFICANTLY “SUBLIME AND GRACEFUL EXPRESSIONS” IN OGAR’S ‘FIRST LIGHT’

REVIEW: ‘A WALK IN HER SHOES’ IS UNPRETENTIOUS, “EMINENTLY READABLE AND RELATABLE” WITH DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES

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