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ICHABOD: OF GODS, WANNABES AND THE EVANESCENT GLORY OF NIGERIAN POETRY by Soonest Nathaniel Scholes

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 2, 2017August 3, 2020

In a passionate bid to promote the seriousness and importance of poetry, Joseph Brodsky in his opening remark as U. S. Poet Laureate, opined that what distinguishes humans from the...

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KAINE AGARY’S ‘YELLOW- YELLOW’ CAPTURES NIGER DELTA ‘OIL POLITICS’ IN A WITTY, GRAPHIC MANNER WITH BITING SARCASM a review by Eugene Yakubu

Eugene YakubuAugust 22, 2017August 3, 2020

TITLE: YELLOW- YELLOW AUTHOR: KAINE AGARY GENRE: PROSE FICTION NUMBER OF PAGES: 179 PUBLISHER: DTALKSHOP DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2017 ISBN: 9780708332 (10), 978-9780708337 (13) REVIEWER: Eugene Yakubu Kaine Agary's 'Yellow-...

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I WROTE THIS FOR YOU: “EVERY LINE IS A QUOTE TO BE FRAMED AND HUNG ON THE WALL”

Joseph OmotayoAugust 20, 2017August 3, 2020

TITLE: I WROTE THIS FOR YOU AUTHOR: SAMIRA HARUNA SANUSI GENRE: Poetry/Quotes NUMBER OF PAGES: 60 PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM PUBLISHERS DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2017 ISBN: 978-978-958-504-5 REVIEWER: JOSEPH...

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STORYTELLING QUOTES FROM GREAT WRITERS by Lucy Adams

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 12, 2017August 3, 2020

Literature is a huge repository of spiritual and moral values. It would seem that all of us have long been familiar with works of the best writers like Leo Tolstoy,...

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HELON HABILA’S ‘THE CHIBOK GIRLS’ IS A CREATIVE HISTORICITY a review by Eugene Yakubu

Eugene YakubuAugust 11, 2017August 3, 2020

Helon Habila's daring narrative 'The Chibok Girls' cannot be strictly placed within the novel tradition in African literature because of its overly journalistic and subjective narration. Memoir it might be,...

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THE POET AS A VOICE OF CONSCIENCE: A THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF AGARAU’S FOR BOYS WHO WENT by Ayoola Goodness

Goodness AyoolaAugust 11, 2017August 3, 2020

TITLE: FOR BOYS WHO WENT AUTHOR: ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU GENRE: Poetry NUMBER OF PAGES: 42 PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM PUBLISHERS DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2015 ISBN: 978-978-547-414-5 REVIEWER: AYOOLA GOODNESS...

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SAMIRA SANUSI’S ‘I WROTE THIS FOR YOU’ IS A TRUE PATH TO SELF-APPRECIATION, MOTIVATION

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 25, 2017August 3, 2020

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A CLEARED VIEW OF WORDS, AESTHETICS ANALYSIS: A REVIEW OF GOODNESS OLANREWAJU AYOOLA ‘MEDITATION’

Goodness AyoolaMay 20, 2017August 3, 2020

TITLE: Meditation AUTHOR: Goodness Olanrewaju Ayoola PUBLISHER: Words Rhymes & Rhythm, Abuja-Nigeria GENRE: Poetry YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2016 PAGES: 121 ISBN: 978-978-954-244-4 REVIEWER: Nosakhare Collins The world we live in...

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OF UNHEARD VOICES AND REALITIES: a review of Shoola Oyindamola’s HEARTBEAT by Tola Ijalusi

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 20, 2017August 3, 2020

Title: HEARTBEAT Genre: Poetry Author: Shoola Oyindamola Publisher: AuthorHouse Year of Publication: 2015 Number of Pages: 136 ISBN: 978-1-4969-6966-8 (sc) Reviewer: Tola Ijalusi “The female poets thus deserve attention because...

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CHIMAMANDA DIMINISHES GENDER ROLES IN ‘TO DEAR IJEAWELE, OR A FEMINIST MANIFESTO IN FIFTEEN SUGGESTIONS’ — a review by Shoola Oyindamola

Oyindamola ShoolaApril 20, 2017August 3, 2020

This is a feminist book about marriage, parenthood and how to raise a female child. Chimamanda makes it clear that there is no argument, no ‘ifs’ or ‘buts’ to what a...

Category: FEATURES

ICHABOD: OF GODS, WANNABES AND THE EVANESCENT GLORY OF NIGERIAN POETRY by Soonest Nathaniel Scholes

KAINE AGARY’S ‘YELLOW- YELLOW’ CAPTURES NIGER DELTA ‘OIL POLITICS’ IN A WITTY, GRAPHIC MANNER WITH BITING SARCASM a review by Eugene Yakubu

I WROTE THIS FOR YOU: “EVERY LINE IS A QUOTE TO BE FRAMED AND HUNG ON THE WALL”

STORYTELLING QUOTES FROM GREAT WRITERS by Lucy Adams

HELON HABILA’S ‘THE CHIBOK GIRLS’ IS A CREATIVE HISTORICITY a review by Eugene Yakubu

THE POET AS A VOICE OF CONSCIENCE: A THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF AGARAU’S FOR BOYS WHO WENT by Ayoola Goodness

SAMIRA SANUSI’S ‘I WROTE THIS FOR YOU’ IS A TRUE PATH TO SELF-APPRECIATION, MOTIVATION

A CLEARED VIEW OF WORDS, AESTHETICS ANALYSIS: A REVIEW OF GOODNESS OLANREWAJU AYOOLA ‘MEDITATION’

OF UNHEARD VOICES AND REALITIES: a review of Shoola Oyindamola’s HEARTBEAT by Tola Ijalusi

CHIMAMANDA DIMINISHES GENDER ROLES IN ‘TO DEAR IJEAWELE, OR A FEMINIST MANIFESTO IN FIFTEEN SUGGESTIONS’ — a review by Shoola Oyindamola

CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE: ‘CURRENT’ [ISSUE 6, VOL. 1 | JUNE, 2026]

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