Quality Education; Removing the ‘Crazy’ in Democracy

Posted on31/10/201731/10/2017AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

Truth is: no society can afford NOT to educate her young properly. don’t stop now… read on!

50 Queries for the Nigerian Godfather

Posted on08/09/201715/09/2019AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

Is ‘godfather’ a totally dirty word? Are there good godfathers who don’t want anything (much) in return for their political godfatherhood, who are happy with the odd Ghana-mus-go at Christmas don’t stop now… read on!

A Minute of Silence for a Dead Tongue

Posted on06/05/2017AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

This weekend, the last living speakers of yet another endangered language will be buried, sending the tongue into extinction. Shall we observe a minute of silence? You might ask, why: don’t stop now… read on!

Television Strike

Posted on25/02/201723/03/2017AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

I woke up and switched on television. I remember exactly what I saw: an old woman in a housecoat, lying on a couch. For minutes, she stared at the camera with don’t stop now… read on!

A Cashew Dies

Posted on10/02/2017AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

My biggest tree is a cashew and it died overnight. The crack came at 3am. There was neither wind nor rain. I came awake, unsure of the source of the noise that roused don’t stop now… read on!

Dear Uwachommadu,

Posted on09/02/201723/03/2017AuthorNwokolo ChumaLeave a comment

You are young, perhaps barely out of primary school, and you are still wondering why your parents saddled you with this strange, seven-syllable Igbo name that none of your classmates don’t stop now… read on!

“I will make you Slavers of Men”

Posted on03/01/2017AuthorNwokolo Chuma1 Comment

I read the article with sadness. It was intelligent and well-reasoned, the product of a brilliant mind. Yet, I could not follow the serpentine contortions of the logic as the don’t stop now… read on!