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REVIEW: OKPARANTA’S ‘UNDER THE UDALA TREES’ IS A TIMELY GIFT TO THE WHOLE WORLD

Eugene YakubuApril 15, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: UNDER THE UDALA TREES AUTHOR: CHINELO OKPARANTA GENRE: PROSE FICTION NO. OF PAGES: 328 PUBLISHERS: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2015 ISBN: 978-0-544-00344-6 REVIEWER: EUGENE YAKUBU [W]ithdraw emotional...

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MAKERI’S ‘LITERARY SAFARI’ ‘RISING AFRICAN PATRIOTS’ STIMULATES PRIDE AND DIGNITY OF AFRICAN IDENTITY

Eugene YakubuApril 8, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: RISING AFRICAN PATRIOTS AUTHOR: GABRIEL S. MAKERI GENRE: FICTION NO. OF PAGES: 184 PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHM YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-55613-3-3 REVIEWER: EUGENE YAKUBU 'Rising African...

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REVIEW: ‘THROUGH THE HORIZON’ BY FADEMI IS AN APPLAUDABLE COLLECTION WITH HEART TOUCHING POEMS

Eugene YakubuApril 8, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: THROUGH THE HORIZON AUTHOR: OLUWASANMI FADEMI GENRE: POETRY PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-963-999-1 NO. OF PAGES: 60 REVIEWER: EUGENE YAKUBU Through the...

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REVIEW: AGU’S ‘WE ALL NEED HEALING’ IS A GENIAL COLLECTION OF WARM AND EMOTIONAL POEMS

Eugene YakubuApril 8, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: WE ALL NEED HEALING AUTHOR: EBUBE AGU GENRE: POETRY PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-55613-8-8 NO. OF PAGES: 95 REVIEWER: EUGENE YAKUBU Agu...

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REVIEW: PAMILERIN’S MEMOIR OF CRUSHED PETALS IS A CHARGED, AMBITIOUS DEBUT

Eugene YakubuMarch 11, 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: EUGENE YAKUBU Behind this...

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REVIEW: CONVERSATIONS, CONTEMPLATIONS AND PONDERATIONS REVEALS GOD IN MANY PARTS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 17, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: CONVERSATIONS, CONTEMPLATIONS AND PONDERATIONS AUTHOR: JESUDAMILARE GENRE: RELIGIOUS NUMBER OF PAGES: 72 PUBLISHER: WORDSMART, OKADABOOKS DATE OF PUBLICATION: NOVEMBER 22, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-1979108065 REVIEWER: SHOOLA OYINDAMOLA Prior to reading...

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REVIEW: UGBOMA’S ECHOES OF MERCY IS ‘TOLERANT, SURE TO ENCHANT ANY READER’

Eugene YakubuJanuary 16, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: ECHOES OF MERCY AUTHOR: IFEOMA IRENE UGBOMA GENRE: PROSE FICTION NUMBER OF PAGES: 132 PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2017 ISBN: 978-978-963-712-6 REVIEWER: EUGENE YAKUBU Echoes...

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GARRI FOR BREAKFAST: SEUN LARI-WILLIAMS IS ENTIRELY “A NIGERIAN” IN HIS POETRY

Oyindamola ShoolaJanuary 15, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: GARRI FOR BREAKFAST AUTHOR: SEUN LARI-WILLIAMS GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 147 PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2017 ISBN: NIL REVIEWER: OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA Seun Lari-Williams is...

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YOU DON’T NEED SADNESS TO WRITE GOOD POEMS: A NOTE BY ADEBAYO KOLAWOLE SAMUEL

Kolawole Samuel AdebayoJanuary 14, 2018August 3, 2020

This idea that the best pieces of poetry always come from sadness or brokenness or some inner chaos isn't true at all. Because of this wrong ideology, many intentionally put...

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REVIEW: POPOOLA’S ‘THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE & HATE’ HOLDS SUBTLE BUT MAJESTIC MEANINGS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 7, 2018August 3, 2020

TITLE: THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE & HATE AUTHOR: DAMILOLA POPOOLA GENRE: POETRY PAGES: 186 PAGES PUBLISHER: CREATESPACE DATE OF PUBLICATION: NOVEMBER 22, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-1979108065 REVIEWER: SHOOLA OYINDAMOLA Damilola Popoola...

Category: FEATURES

REVIEW: OKPARANTA’S ‘UNDER THE UDALA TREES’ IS A TIMELY GIFT TO THE WHOLE WORLD

MAKERI’S ‘LITERARY SAFARI’ ‘RISING AFRICAN PATRIOTS’ STIMULATES PRIDE AND DIGNITY OF AFRICAN IDENTITY

REVIEW: ‘THROUGH THE HORIZON’ BY FADEMI IS AN APPLAUDABLE COLLECTION WITH HEART TOUCHING POEMS

REVIEW: AGU’S ‘WE ALL NEED HEALING’ IS A GENIAL COLLECTION OF WARM AND EMOTIONAL POEMS

REVIEW: PAMILERIN’S MEMOIR OF CRUSHED PETALS IS A CHARGED, AMBITIOUS DEBUT

REVIEW: CONVERSATIONS, CONTEMPLATIONS AND PONDERATIONS REVEALS GOD IN MANY PARTS

REVIEW: UGBOMA’S ECHOES OF MERCY IS ‘TOLERANT, SURE TO ENCHANT ANY READER’

GARRI FOR BREAKFAST: SEUN LARI-WILLIAMS IS ENTIRELY “A NIGERIAN” IN HIS POETRY

YOU DON’T NEED SADNESS TO WRITE GOOD POEMS: A NOTE BY ADEBAYO KOLAWOLE SAMUEL

REVIEW: POPOOLA’S ‘THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE & HATE’ HOLDS SUBTLE BUT MAJESTIC MEANINGS

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