Books & Literature
Postcolonial Identity and the Position of English in African Literature
May 28, 2013 | konknaijagirlIf education and literature can forge a sense of identity in a society torn between dominator and dominated, what then can we say about the position of English in African academics and the usage of the English language in African … Read More
Calling Achebe the father of African literature is literary ignorance or momentary exuberance – Soyinka
May 18, 2013 | konknaijaboyIn bare-it-all interview with SaharaReporters, Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka spoke about Chinua Achebe, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and many other issues.
Excerpts:
Question: Do you recall where or how you first learned about the death of Professor Chinua Achebe? And … Read More
CAC Leader Obadare passes away
March 22, 2013 | konknaijagirlProphet Timothy Oluwole Obadare, fondly called Baba Obadare, founder of the World Soul-Winning Evangelistic Ministries (WOSEM)is dead.
The blind Akure-based evangelist, noted for his monthly Koseunti Crusade, died on Thursday at the age of 85 at an undisclosed private hospital … Read More
Adieu Chinua Achebe 1930-2013
March 22, 2013 | konknaijagirlChinua Achebe (born Albert Chínụ̀álụmọ̀gụ̀ Àchèbé, born 16 November 1930 was a Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and literary critic.
He is best known for his first novel and magnum opus,Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely read book … Read More
Andy Worthington Discusses Guantánamo This week – Birmingham, London
March 20, 2013 | konknaijagirlPlease sign the e-petition calling for the British government to secure the return to the UK from Guantánamo of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison, who has been cleared for release since 2007. 100,000 signatures are needed by April … Read More
Book Premiere – Aminatta Forna – Hired Man – Launch 28 March
March 20, 2013 | konknaijagirlAminatta Forna. Author of The Memory of Love. Winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best Book Award 2011, short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011, the IMPAC Award 2012, the Warwick Prize 2011 and nominated for the European Prize for … Read More