A Boy’s Tears on Earth’s Tongue is a collection of timeless poems, masterfully written by a mind that is in alignment with existential and essentialist values of human experience
EZENWA-OHAETO REACHED A HEIGHT OF HONESTY, PASSION AND VULNERABILITY IN ‘I BURN INCENSES BEFORE SLEEP’: A REVIEW OF EOPP 2018 WINNING POEM BY OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA
For me, in ‘I Burn Incenses before Sleep’, Ezenwa-Ohaeto reached a height of honesty, passion and vulnerability, one that flawlessly implements its didactics and has the power to affect people, things and systems that we hold on to religiously.
REVIEW: IKWUEMESIBE’S ‘THE BIG MAN’ DOMESTICATES THEMES AND DICTION TO SUIT HIS READERS
Title: The Big ManAuthor: F.O.C. IkwuemesibeGenre: PoetryNo. of Pages: 78Publishers: Words Rhymes and RhythmYear of Publication: 2019ISBN: 978-978-969-514-0Reviewer: Eugene Yakubu The Big Man contains poems that discuss issues of society,...
A COMPENDIUM OF NIGERIA’S LITERARY FEATS AND DEFEATS IN 2018 BY IZUNNA OKAFOR
It is no longer a novelty that every calendar year wakes up and sleeps off with a natural book of many pages. Pages of dreams and visions, pages of imaginations...
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH NIGERIAN LITERATURE: A TREATISE BY HILLARY UGO UZOMBA
What is the problem? We need solutions. But I figured a popular problem is that there are fewer books by Africans (Nigerians in view) to take our experiences to the...
IN ‘WHAT CAN WORDS DO’, KUKOGHO ANNOUNCED HIS UNPRETENTIOUS ARRIVAL AS A VOICE WE WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO
Despite the elegance, finesse and alluring cadence of the rhyme and rhythm of the verses which announce a sophistication of style and aesthetics, Kukogho does not lose sight of the critical issues of deprivation and distortion that pervade the land and which require urgent redress.
REVIEW: OPIGO RECONSTRUCTS DECADES OF HISTORY IN THE SONG OF OUR FATHER AND HE DOES IT SO COMPREHENSIVELY…IT IS A NETWORK OF PROSE AND POETRY AND DRAMA
TITLE: THE SONG OF OUR FATHER AUTHORS: EMMANUEL AYIBAEMI FRANK-OPIGO GENRE: POETRY PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-969-512-6 NO. OF PAGES: 258 REVIEWER: EUGENE...
MYSTERIES IN WRITING: DARE TO BE DIFFERENT WITH A DIFFERENCE
Sometimes you don't even know how to explain what you have written. You look at yourself after reading what you have written and ask yourself if truly you were the...
REVIEW: GARKO’S WHEN DAY BREAKS FEELS CO-AUTHORED BY AUTHOR AND READER; THE ELEGANT POEMS ‘LEAVE THE READER BEGGING FOR MORE’
TITLE: WHEN DAY BREAKS AUTHORS: ADAMU USMAN GARKO GENRE: POETRY PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-969-289-7 NO. OF PAGES: 54 REVIEWER: EUGENE YAKUBU Behind...
REVIEW: DURU’S ‘THE TRUE MASTERSHIP OF YOUR BEING’ IS A COMPREHENSIVE BOOK ON LIFE AND LIVING, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIRTUE AND MORALITY
TITLE: THE TRUE MASTERSHIP OF YOUR BEING: CONQUER EARTH AND MAKE HEAVEN [THE MASTERSHIP SERIES BOOK 1] AUTHORS: FELIX ABAYOMI DURU GENRE: RELIGIOUS PROSE PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD...