Home is a Distant Dot by Collins Offiong
On the 28th of August, 1967, in the thick of the war, a Biafran commander came to our house. He knocked on the door persistently and I came out and opened it, standing close to the jamb. “Good morning…
Let’s Question Life From The Mouth Of The Pauper
The pains of being human sometimes sip out your thoughts from the imaginative groaning eyes of the world. The sun itself is an illusion of abysmally dead hope. We sort for meaning to live while leav…
Book Review: A Moonless Star Sky
Would you risk your life to help a stranger in danger? Would you deny yourself a good life in order to change your society? I found myself asking these questions while I read through Alexis Okeowo’s “…
Professional Work by Women in Africa need Positive Media Coverage
It is said that good media coverage boosts professional image of a group or an individual. Famous professionals in the world are partly an outcome of good media coverage. The coverage which has focus …
Success As a Writer Has Little To Do With Age Or Where You Are From- Abubakar Adam Ibrahim
“I Don’t Have A Routine As A Writer And I Am Comfortable With What I Write” – Abubakar Adam Ibrahim. Chief Synner: Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the SyncityNG Literary Lords…
Dear Chimamanda , Cameroons are all wrong to Fight over European Languages
Dear Chimamanda, I read your article the Carnage of the Cameroons which you recently published in the Sunday Review section of the New York Times. You wrote beautifully about the current fran…
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi: A Review
If you are a fan of the Harry Potter, Game Of Thrones & other fantasy series like me, you will love Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. Set in West Africa, the story revolves around Zélie …
Satire 021: A Letter to the President
Yes! Oh President Muhammadu Buhari, the masses said I should tell you that you are one in a million. They said you should go to London and USA as much as you like. Go there, sleep in the hospit…
Writers: Stop Copying Chimamanda Adichie ‘s Writing Style
One of the major problems or issues that some contemporary Nigerian writers have today is that they want to write and sound like Chimamanda Adichie, Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Christopher …
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