Month: <span>May 2018</span>

BOOK REVIEWS

REVIEW: BRIGHT IGBINIGUN DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF IN ‘I MUST RETURN HOME’

Oyindamola ShoolaMay 29, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: I MUST RETURN HOME AUTHOR: BRIGHT IGBINIGUN GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 51 PUBLISHERS: CREATESPACE YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2017 ISBN: NIL REVIEWER: OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA Writers bear a great responsibility...

POETRY

A SLEEPER’S TESTAMENT by Oluwaseyi Olatunji

OLUWASEYI OLATUNJIMay 25, 2018

To have lived, laughed and loved, Dipped in life's lucky dip, Trusted the truth and in it's light have walked, Yet, had moments of savoury blip. To have tilled and...

POETRY

BENEATH MY DREARY PAST by Thaalith Abubakar Gimba

Thaalith Abubakar GimbaMay 25, 2018

I brawl, through space and time Of my amorphous mind, Against my own demons; My formidable alter egos. I took not absolute dominion, Over the realm of my mind. Apparently...

POETRY

TWO-FACED “IGP” by Victor Igiri

Victor IgiriMay 25, 2018May 25, 2018

doctored or un-doctored, black or white, he is only human for though the sun kings today, tomorrow shall be the moon's. lies or truths; we deserve some white words so...

BOOK REVIEWS

REVIEW: PAMILERIN ‘GIVES A VOICE TO STRANGE THOUGHTS’ IN MEMOIR OF CRUSHED PETALS

Oyindamola ShoolaMay 24, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: MEMOIR OF CRUSHED PETALS AUTHOR: PAMILERIN JACOB GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 100 PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHM YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-963-998-4 REVIEWER: Oyindamola Shoola Without doubt,...

WRITING TIPS

PAINSTAKING REALITY VS. HEARTWARMING CLICHÉS: A WRITER’S IMAGINATION MUST NOT ALWAYS BE SHAPED BY LIFE’S SAD REALITIES’ by OMOTAYO KOLEOSHO

Omotayo KoleoshoMay 21, 2018August 3, 2020

I grew up reading tons of books, and as time went on, I discovered that a lot of them followed the same pattern. The prince always married a poor commoner,...

NEWS

GREEN AUTHOR PRIZE: WRR PUBLISHES 8 NEW NIGERIAN AUTHORS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 21, 2018May 21, 2018

We are proud to unveil eight (8) newly published books authored by the winners of the 2017 Words Rhymes & Rhythm Green Author Prize (GAP) for young, unpublished Nigerian writers....

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2018 [MAY] ‘THE COUNTRY OF MY DREAM’

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 15, 2018August 3, 2020

Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers invites poets from Nigeria, Africa and all over the world to enter their poems for the May 2018 edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST...

NEWS

BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2018: YABATECH POET OLAJUWON JOSEPH WINS BPPC APRIL 2018

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 15, 2018May 15, 2018

Olajuwon Joseph Olumide is the winner of the April edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) 2018 which was themed: ‘MY AFRICAN HERO-INE’. It is Olajuwon's third pole position...

BOOK REVIEWS

CHIMAMANDA’S AMERICANAH IS AN ENCHANTING TALE, ENCIRCLING EVERYDAY’S LIFE

Nket GodwinMay 3, 2018August 3, 2020

Title: Americanah Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Genre: Prose Fiction Publisher: Farafina Year of Publication: 2013 ISBN: 978- 978-51084-3-9 No. of Pages: 477 Reviewer: Nket Godwin It is no doubt, Chimamanda's narrative prowess. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the author...

Month: May 2018

REVIEW: BRIGHT IGBINIGUN DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF IN ‘I MUST RETURN HOME’

A SLEEPER’S TESTAMENT by Oluwaseyi Olatunji

BENEATH MY DREARY PAST by Thaalith Abubakar Gimba

TWO-FACED “IGP” by Victor Igiri

REVIEW: PAMILERIN ‘GIVES A VOICE TO STRANGE THOUGHTS’ IN MEMOIR OF CRUSHED PETALS

PAINSTAKING REALITY VS. HEARTWARMING CLICHÉS: A WRITER’S IMAGINATION MUST NOT ALWAYS BE SHAPED BY LIFE’S SAD REALITIES’ by OMOTAYO KOLEOSHO

GREEN AUTHOR PRIZE: WRR PUBLISHES 8 NEW NIGERIAN AUTHORS

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2018 [MAY] ‘THE COUNTRY OF MY DREAM’

BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2018: YABATECH POET OLAJUWON JOSEPH WINS BPPC APRIL 2018

CHIMAMANDA’S AMERICANAH IS AN ENCHANTING TALE, ENCIRCLING EVERYDAY’S LIFE

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