Another unique thing about Emmanuel is that he draws inspiration from what is familiar. As such, Lagos Doesn’t Sleep stands out as a testament to how literature remains the eyes of our current events and a concubine to history.
REVIEW: OKORIE’S THE MEN THAT COULDN’T LOVE ME ‘TORTURES THE READER WHILE CREATIVELY EXPLORING UNREQUITED LOVE’
Okorie’s The Men That Couldn’t Love Me did a great job in torturing the reader, while creatively exploring a lover’s endless cycle of wanting despite not being wanted: imagine reading “I want you” in different languages and other words for about a thousand times.
EZENWA-OHAETO REACHED A HEIGHT OF HONESTY, PASSION AND VULNERABILITY IN ‘I BURN INCENSES BEFORE SLEEP’: A REVIEW OF EOPP 2018 WINNING POEM BY OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA
For me, in ‘I Burn Incenses before Sleep’, Ezenwa-Ohaeto reached a height of honesty, passion and vulnerability, one that flawlessly implements its didactics and has the power to affect people, things and systems that we hold on to religiously.
REVIEW: SARAH ALUKO PASSIONATELY PENNED ‘FIRSTBORN’ TO PERFECTION
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,...
REVIEW: IN ‘REBIRTH’ JULIANA BARES ALL HER TRUTHS FOR OTHERS TO LEARN
TITLE: REBIRTH AUTHOR: JULIANA OLAYODE GENRE: FICTION (AUTOBIOGRAPHY) NUMBER OF PAGES: 150 PUBLISHERS: THE LOVE FACTORY YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2017 ISBN: NIL REVIEWER: OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA “There is no greater agony...
REVIEW: BRIGHT IGBINIGUN DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF IN ‘I MUST RETURN HOME’
TITLE: I MUST RETURN HOME AUTHOR: BRIGHT IGBINIGUN GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 51 PUBLISHERS: CREATESPACE YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2017 ISBN: NIL REVIEWER: OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA Writers bear a great responsibility...
REVIEW: PAMILERIN ‘GIVES A VOICE TO STRANGE THOUGHTS’ IN MEMOIR OF CRUSHED PETALS
TITLE: MEMOIR OF CRUSHED PETALS AUTHOR: PAMILERIN JACOB GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 100 PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHM YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-963-998-4 REVIEWER: Oyindamola Shoola Without doubt,...
GARRI FOR BREAKFAST: SEUN LARI-WILLIAMS IS ENTIRELY “A NIGERIAN” IN HIS POETRY
TITLE: GARRI FOR BREAKFAST AUTHOR: SEUN LARI-WILLIAMS GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 147 PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2017 ISBN: NIL REVIEWER: OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA Seun Lari-Williams is...
DAMI SKILLFULLY CONVEYS MEANINGS IN “A WOMAN’S BODY IS A COUNTRY”
TITLE: A WOMAN’S BODY IS A COUNTRY AUTHOR: Dami Ajayi GENRE: Poetry NUMBER OF PAGES: 69 PUBLISHER: Ouida Books DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2017 ISBN: 978-97896283919 PREVIEWER: Shoola Oyindamola Prior to reading A Woman’s Body is...
REVIEW: ‘CARICATURE OF COLORS’ TRANSCENDS INTO THE HUES OF HUMANITY AND GROWTH
TITLE: Caricature of Colors GENRE: Poetry AUTHOR: Olanrewaju Oranyeli PUBLISHER: CreateSpace YEAR OF PUBLICATION: August, 2017 NUMBER OF PAGES: 136 ISBN: 978-1546444114 REVIEWER: Oyindamola Shoola "Olanrewaju has penned words that authenticate...