Of her beginnings as a writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says: I didn’t ever consciously decide to pursue writing. I’ve been writing since I was old enough to spell, and just sitting down and writing made me feel incredibly fulfilled. (Anya 2003) By the time she was 21, Adichie had already published a collection of poems, Decisions (1997), and a play, For Love of Biafra (1998). In the latter work, she recounts the…
Kaduna — Many pilgrims in Kaduna State’s hajj camp at Mina in Saudi Arabia woke up yesterday with sickness symptoms suspected to be gastro-enteritis. At least 150 pilgrims fell victims of the disease, Daily Trust learnt. Reports gathered by Daily Trust indicate that the outbreak of the disease was connected with consumption of contaminated food and some dirty toilets at the camp. A team of doctors was said to be working hard…
It is normal to swiftly call it a sketch of abnormality as the title captures your glance. It would only be a self-deception to assume that many minds are not casting doubt on rationality of this eccentric equation, perhaps out of expectation of a variable which needs to be joined (with the aid of a necessary arithmetic sign) to the preceding variable “COMMON NONSENSE” to necessitate the succeeding variable “COMMON SENSE” i.e.…
All powerful and merciful father, you are the God of justice love and peace. You rule over all the Nations of Earth. Power and Might are in your hands and no one can withstand you. We present our country Nigeria before you. We praise and thank for you are the source of all we have and are. We are sorry for all the sins we have committed and for the good deeds…
DEAR LORD, Author of my Vocation, Never allow me to be tired before my work is done; Be resting when the harvest needs me; … Be partying when I should be praying; Be silent when I should be speaking out; To be drunk when I shold be sober. May I not be reaping when I should be sowing; Destroying when I should be restoring; Desecrating when I should be consecrating; Tearing down…
When I read a comment today saying that the kidnappers have gone so far in Nigeria, I was wondering what the commentator was trying to pass on as an information. I was even thinking she was joking when I read that the kidnappers have gone so far as to kidnapping Priests and native doctors, but this very article opened my eyes. Where are we heading to? In Nigeria, and more especially in…
Author Chinua Achebe is Africa’s most influential celebrity, according to Forbes magazine. The octogenarian author beat out dozens of musicians, soccer stars, two supermodels, a film director, a talk-show host and the world’s top long-distance runner when he topped the 40-person list. Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930 and came of age when European colonies in Africa were making their way toward independence. His novel “Things Fall Apart,” published in 1958,…
A reader of Africanews.it has sent us an email with this open letter to the president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan. We publish it here below. These are his own views and we have no responibility in it. Dear Mr President, after a period of hesitation, I decide to write you for an important issue that disturbs every responsible Nigerian. I am sorry if you would have wanted it to be a private…
Cry My Beloved Country, Articles | THISDAY LIVE Many have come to a conclusion according to which the nation instead of progressing is seriously moving to its damnation . Some false patriots call such men who refuse to bow down to unnecesary glorification of an unprogressing State non patriots. But I am thinking that there is a cause for a national reflection on which way forward. This is exactly what Dele Momodu…
Here comes the summary of one of the books I never feel tired reading; the book of one of those rare autors I never feel bad admiring and almost venerating. I have really come to fall in love with the writing of Ngozi that I feel so sad when I come to understand there are so many young Nigerians who do not know her litterary capacity. I will never stop commending Ngozi’s work…
