ARTS AND LITERATURE

Editi Effiong goofed at this one. Despite the obviously elaborate budget made for the film, The Black Book left a sour taste on my movie-viewing palate. There were a lot of loose ends. Great pictures, great soundtracks, great acting but very poor scripting. I maintain that Nigerians still have a lot to learn in putting together action movies, especially those that involve modern weapons and fighting styles. From the first scene that featured Sam Dede’s character leading a crime operation to the scenes that showed Richard Mofe Damijo’s character defying attempts to get him down, none was convincing enough like Hollywood action movies. Richard Mofe-Damijo’s character could not show any sign that he had been a trained combatant. His reflexes were so slow and even his build left much to be des...

Andy Odeh, NLNG’s GM External Relations & Sustainable Development with playwrights in the Longlist of 11 playwrights of The Nigeria Prize for Literature (2023) at the NLNG-NPL Book Party in Lagos…recently. The city’s literary scene came alive as the Committee for Relevant Art (CORA) in conjunction with Nigeria LNG Ltd. hosted a grand book party honouring the longlisted authors of the Nigeria Prize for Literature. The event marked the 14th edition of the Book Party and drew together writers, literary enthusiasts and dignitaries from all walks of life. In the first public gathering of the writers on the longlist recently released by the panel of judges led by Professor Ameh Dennis Akoh, a Drama and Critical Theory professor at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ebonyi State, the ...

The traditional ruler of the Ogidi community in Anambra State, Igwe Alex Onyido has said that the late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe remains the pride and inspiration of the good people of Ogidi and entire Africa at large not just because he was able to render service to the entire world in literature with his works as a novelist, poet, teacher and social critic but also because he rendered unforgettable development service to Ogidi community with his creative instinct. Igwe Onyido who spoke yesterday on the sidelines of the 10-year memorial church service being organized by the Ogidi community in honor of Achebe at the weekend noted that Ogidi will continue to celebrate the late literary icon because he was at the centre of the development of Ogidi to the point that he served ...

The event, co-hosted by Bookcraft Africa and supported by Providus Bank and NobleHill Wine, will take place on July 16, 2023, at Providus Bank Corporate Office Rooftop Lounge on Adeola Odeku Street, Victoria Island. The BookTrek will feature readings by Professor Soyinka himself, as well as a cross-generation of Nigerian aesthetes. The author will be engaged by two interlocutors in the course of the afternoon. A stay by Toyin Akinosho from CORA said the event is part of CORA’s extension services, aimed at deepening literary appreciation and audience engagement with published texts. “The BookTrek is a front in the campaign for literacy, geared towards boosting citizens’ education, enlightenment, and empowerment, to achieve CORA’s fundamental mission of building the human capital ca...