Categoriesblogs Creative Non-Fiction Essay inspirational Politics Public Commentary society By Nwokolo ChumaLeave a comment on Heating up the P*lity Heating up the P*lity Posted on07/06/202107/06/2021 By Nwokolo Chuma In our public spaces, our media must take responsibility for pushing the middle ground of national consensus into the false territory of extremism. … Continue Reading >Heating up the P*lity
Categoriesblogs Creative Non-Fiction Environment Essay inspirational society By Nwokolo Chuma1 Comment on Be Still (Sometimes) Be Still (Sometimes) Posted on05/06/202105/06/2021 By Nwokolo Chuma In your next crisis, ask yourself what the African Lungfish would have done. … Continue Reading >Be Still (Sometimes)
Categoriesblogs Literature Poetry VideoPoems By Nwokolo ChumaLeave a comment on The Empty Page [videopoem] The Empty Page [videopoem] Posted on06/05/202107/05/2021 By Nwokolo Chuma When I first started this website over a decade ago, I had a videopoem on my landing page which was … Continue ReadingThe Empty Page [videopoem]
Categoriesblogs fiction Flash Literature society By Nwokolo Chuma4 Comments on cry waterside cry waterside Posted on01/03/202101/03/2021 By Nwokolo Chuma Like a house of mourning, a condolence register had been set up outside Peace Cottage, Waterside. The old man ignored … Continue Readingcry waterside
Categoriesblogs Creative Non-Fiction Memoir Public Commentary society By Nwokolo ChumaLeave a comment on Day 11, Burning Down Justice (#31DaysOfDecember) Day 11, Burning Down Justice (#31DaysOfDecember) Posted on11/12/202024/12/2020 By Nwokolo Chuma The Igbosere High Court in Lagos was my ‘home parish’ in the 80s when I started private practice. I recall … Continue ReadingDay 11, Burning Down Justice (#31DaysOfDecember)
CategoriesCreative Non-Fiction Essay humour photography society travelogue By Nwokolo ChumaLeave a comment on Day 3, Prisoners of Freedom. (31DaysOfDecember) Day 3, Prisoners of Freedom. (31DaysOfDecember) Posted on03/12/202003/12/2020 By Nwokolo Chuma If you attend any cultural, literary or musical event at Freedom Park, Lagos, you are likely to bump into these … Continue ReadingDay 3, Prisoners of Freedom. (31DaysOfDecember)
Categoriesblogs Environment Essay Politics Public Commentary VideoPoems By Nwokolo Chuma1 Comment on Chasing the Tail of the African Revolution Chasing the Tail of the African Revolution Posted on01/01/202001/01/2020 By Nwokolo Chuma Shall we Break it Down? To ‘chase one’s tail’ means to take vigorous action that doesn’t lead to meaningful progress … Continue ReadingChasing the Tail of the African Revolution
Categoriesblogs Creative Non-Fiction Essay Politics Public Commentary society By Nwokolo Chuma1 Comment on ‘DSS’, Court Invasions & The Revolution Next Time ‘DSS’, Court Invasions & The Revolution Next Time Posted on12/12/201912/12/2019 By Nwokolo Chuma Now that some of the dust has settled, it is a good time to review dispassionately the free-for-all wrestling that … Continue Reading‘DSS’, Court Invasions & The Revolution Next Time
Categoriesblogs Creative Non-Fiction inspirational Languages Literature By Nwokolo ChumaLeave a comment on A Minute of Silence for a Dead Tongue A Minute of Silence for a Dead Tongue Posted on06/05/2017 By Nwokolo Chuma This weekend, the last living speakers of yet another endangered language will be buried, sending the tongue into extinction. Shall … Continue ReadingA Minute of Silence for a Dead Tongue
Categoriesblogs fiction Flash inspirational Literature By Nwokolo ChumaLeave a comment on Television Strike Television Strike Posted on25/02/201723/03/2017 By Nwokolo Chuma I woke up and switched on television. I remember exactly what I saw: an old woman in a housecoat, lying on … Continue ReadingTelevision Strike
