Words Rhymes & Rhythm

NEWS

AGARAU, OYINDAMOLA TO JUDGE ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2018

Staff WriterFebruary 17, 2019February 17, 2019

Veteran Nigerian poets ADEDAYO AGARAU and OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA are the judges of the 7th edition of the annual Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP 2018) which has an N50,000 cash prize for...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST[FEBRUARY 2019] ‘THE FEAT’

Staff WriterFebruary 17, 2019August 3, 2020

All Nigerian poets are invited to enter their poems for the February 2019 edition of the monthly BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC). This month’s theme is: 'THE FEAT'. Achieving a feat...

A COMPENDIUM OF NIGERIA’S LITERARY FEATS AND DEFEATS IN 2018 BY IZUNNA OKAFOR

Izunna OkaforFebruary 5, 2019August 5, 2020

It is no longer a novelty that every calendar year wakes up and sleeps off with a natural book of many pages. Pages of dreams and visions, pages of imaginations...

ESSAYS

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIAN LITERATURE: A TREATISE BY HILLARY UGO UZOMBA

Staff WriterJanuary 27, 2019August 3, 2020

What is the problem? We need solutions. But I figured a popular problem is that there are fewer books by Africans (Nigerians in view) to take our experiences to the...

WRITING TIPS

4 SIMPLE HABITS THAT CAN MAKE YOU A SUCCESSFUL WRITER

Staff WriterJanuary 16, 2019August 3, 2020

Whenever young writers are gathered, one question that is always asked – in varying forms, is ‘how can one become a successful writer?’ It goes without saying that this poser has...

NEWS

9 MUST-FOLLOW NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS FOR NIGERIAN WRITERS & READERS

Staff WriterJanuary 1, 2019January 2, 2019

A new year is here. 2019 has arrived as a blank book and a pen in your hands for you to write whatever you please. While you decide what to...

BOOK REVIEWS FEATURES

IN ‘WHAT CAN WORDS DO’, KUKOGHO ANNOUNCED HIS UNPRETENTIOUS ARRIVAL AS A VOICE WE WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO

Staff WriterDecember 23, 2018July 18, 2022

Despite the elegance, finesse and alluring cadence of the rhyme and rhythm of the verses which announce a sophistication of style and aesthetics, Kukogho does not lose sight of the critical issues of deprivation and distortion that pervade the land and which require urgent redress.

POETRY

ACADEMIC TESTS by Sahaj Sabharwal

Sahaj SabharwalDecember 14, 2018December 14, 2018

I. Oh these tests! Superfluous academic tests for which there’s no time to prepare! Oh, damn these entrance tests! Oh, it is Difficult to store vast concepts in a small...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

CALL FOR ENTRIES: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE (EOPP 2018)

Staff WriterDecember 12, 2018August 3, 2020

Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers in collaboration with Something for Everybody Ventures (SFEV), hereby invites Nigerian Poets and lovers of literature resident in any part of the world to submit their...

BOOK REVIEWS

REVIEW: OPIGO RECONSTRUCTS DECADES OF HISTORY IN THE SONG OF OUR FATHER AND HE DOES IT SO COMPREHENSIVELY…IT IS A NETWORK OF PROSE AND POETRY AND DRAMA

Eugene YakubuDecember 12, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: THE SONG OF OUR FATHER AUTHORS: EMMANUEL AYIBAEMI FRANK-OPIGO GENRE: POETRY PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-969-512-6 NO. OF PAGES: 258 REVIEWER: EUGENE...

“The Writer’s Primary Duty Is To Write And Be True To The Story Or Subject Of Their Writing“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Iquo DianaAbasi

“The Craft Of Poetry Writing Is Rooted In The Pursuit Of One’s Voice”: A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine ‘Migration’ Issue Interview with Ayomide Bayowa

BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF NOTABLE AFRICAN WRITERS: WALE OKEDIRAN’S REMARKABLE LITERARY MASONRY IN NIGERIA’S ARTS SPACE | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ PACESETTER PROFILE

FROM EARLY AFRICAN ROOTS TO SUPPORTING AFRICAN WRITING: BRIGITTE POIRSON LEAVES DEEP FOOTPRINTS IN THE SANDS OF NIGERIAN LITERATURE | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ PACESETTER PROFILE