Again, by saving your works and releasing them only on foreign platforms, you are inadvertently taking everything away from us and making us have to borrow access. Right now, we can no longer read anything from most of our good poets unless we first access them from foreign platforms.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIAN LITERATURE: A TREATISE BY HILLARY UGO UZOMBA
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...
4 SIMPLE HABITS THAT CAN MAKE YOU A SUCCESSFUL WRITER
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...
WE SHOULD ALL BE WRITERS: FACEBOOK WRITERS’ PHENOMENON
In many cities of the world, especially the under developing countries, writers have been subject of abuse, neglect, exploitation and even in extreme cases murdered by evil critics who don't...
WHY I WRITE: WRITING IS EVERYTHING by Ruth Dahiru
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...
THE CONCEPT OF GODHOOD IN POETS: HOW POETS BECOME GODS an essay by Aremu Adams Adebisi
There is something about poets that makes them gods. It is not the relativism of their works or their verisimilitude. It is not the aptitude of their word usage or...
PAINSTAKING REALITY VS. HEARTWARMING CLICHÉS: A WRITER’S IMAGINATION MUST NOT ALWAYS BE SHAPED BY LIFE’S SAD REALITIES’ by OMOTAYO KOLEOSHO
I grew up reading tons of books, and as time went on, I discovered that a lot of them followed the same pattern. The prince always married a poor commoner,...
YOU DON’T NEED SADNESS TO WRITE GOOD POEMS: A NOTE BY ADEBAYO KOLAWOLE SAMUEL
This idea that the best pieces of poetry always come from sadness or brokenness or some inner chaos isn't true at all. Because of this wrong ideology, many intentionally put...
DEMYSTIFYING MUSE: A BRIEF TREATISE ON POETRY-MUSE DISSIMILITUDE
Poetry is not inborn. Poetry is not hereditary and cannot be inherited. It does not flow in the gene or trait of any god-poet, assumed or established. Poetry does not...
DEFINITION OF A POEM: NOTES IN VERSE by Aremu Adams Adebisi
We don't just write a letter, string some letters into a word, some words or some lines, a group of words or lines, a long sentence or another broken off...