Why Literature?
Our ancient ancestors fed their hunger for food and shelter, then gathered before their cave, hungering for stories. don’t stop now… read on!
Category: Creative Non-Fiction
Day 11, Burning Down Justice (#31DaysOfDecember)
The Igbosere High Court in Lagos was my ‘home parish’ in the 80s when I started private practice. I recall court visits here as teenager on a vac job with don’t stop now… read on!
Day 3, Prisoners of Freedom. (31DaysOfDecember)
If you attend any cultural, literary or musical event at Freedom Park, Lagos, you are likely to bump into these limelight-loving geese, seen here on the stage of the LABAF don’t stop now… read on!
‘DSS’, Court Invasions & The Revolution Next Time
Now that some of the dust has settled, it is a good time to review dispassionately the free-for-all wrestling that took place last week in the Federal High Court no don’t stop now… read on!
A Minute of Silence for a Dead Tongue
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!
The Man of God and the Mango Tree
I am trying to save the life of a mango tree, not very successfully. My carpenter cannot come today, maybe tomorrow, he says. I ask him why, and he explains that don’t stop now… read on!
Greatness is first of all, Personal
there’s a reason why some offices are hard to give up… don’t stop now… read on!
Revisiting Hargeisa (8)
It was my third visit to Hargeisa, and Somaliland’s eighth international book fair. don’t stop now… read on!
Revisiting Hargeisa (7)
Even his own mother didn’t recognise him… don’t stop now… read on!