Skip to main content

BOOKS BARDS AND BARBS. By Omoseye Bolaji

'There is a lot of focus on books from all over Africa and the world; authors include Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Kunle Ajibade, Ayi Kwei Armah, Dambudzo Marechera, Bessie Head Ifeoma Chinwuba, Lewis Nkosi, Futhi Ntshingila, Es’kia Mphahlele, Gabriel Okara, Kola Onadipe, Emmanuel Obiechina, Ola Rotimi, Mbella Sonne Dipoko, Cyprian Ekwensi, Peter Abrahams, Kofi Awoonor, Kole Omotosho, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Dillibe Onyeama, Mariama Ba, Charles Mungoshi, Mabel Segun, Kenneth Kaunda, Siphiwo Mahala and NMM Duman. Others (mainly from Europe) include works by the likes of William Shakespeare, George Orwell, John Grisham and Sidney Sheldon. Others in this ilk include Nadine Gordimer, Joseph Conrad, Namitha Gokhale, Joyce Cary, Leslie Meir, Leonard Woolf, Betty Tootell, and Maria Sharapova. Bolaji writes on all these, and more here.'

Comments

  1. HERCULE3 February 2022 at 01:16

    Hearty Congratulations!

    ReplyDelete
  2. HERCULE3 February 2022 at 01:23

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  3. C. MADOLYN3 February 2022 at 01:25

    Something to celebrate

    ReplyDelete
  4. Eric3 February 2022 at 01:52

    EXHILARATING

    ReplyDelete
  5. Oluwole Goodness Kingmass9 February 2022 at 00:40

    What a book! Mr Bolaji at his best and most "literary". I loved many of the features especially the focus on Camara Laye's books; and the one zeroing in on Palmer''s great work on early African novels

    ReplyDelete
  6. KATHY9 February 2022 at 00:44

    The great man at his best ... doing what he loves most... basking amidst a medley of books

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

CHAKA By Thomas Mofolo

Review by IM Soqaga Harking back to historical novels of the nations which have been churned out incessantly over the years will continue to be fascinating. Many nations such as in Europe, United State, China and elsewhere in the world have been fully versed on the genre from medieval times up to the 20th century till today. Consequentially, African writers like Thomas Mofolo, Chinua Achebe, Sol Plaatje, Ayi Kwei Armha, Naguib Mahfouz, Wole Soyinka, Maaza Mengistu, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi etc have made many impressive strides in advancing this intriguing genre. Since around 1907 to 1910, a proficient African literary pioneer from Lesotho finished penning a monumental book in Sesotho, one of Southern African indigenous languages. The book is about the most famous Chaka, the King of the Zulu’s. It is a known fact as why the book was delayed and was ultimately being published in 1925. After its publication the book Chaka by Thomas Mofolo was immed...
12 comments
Read more

GONE NOT !!

  Tribute to Pa Kgang Abel Motheane By M. I Soqaga   Of course the world is reeling with great grief, unremitting tears eventual proverbial pains of the past spawn from what can not be usual invariably startling and dumbfounded heartbroken because of sadness   He is declared deceased in awe the world remains shocked not ready to accept the news inevitable and unpalatable news At his ripe old age constantly revered able to illustrate his awesome skill nothing will stop him to produce such enormous work of literature... Today he is known as dead tearful sad news of the past since millenniums remain with humanity capable to trigger sorrow, melancholic grief compel perpetual emotional mourning He is today declared deceased at his old ripe age the earth can be proud to swallow him at a known last resting place like in the beginning when the womb concoct miracles the beginning of blissful life embryonic ecstatic blessi...
5 comments
Read more

ODIA OFEIMUN CLOCKS 70

Special tribute by Owei Lakemfa GLOBAL writer, poet and humanist, Odia Ofeimun is from a lineage with close affinity with leopards. There was an unwritten rule between the humans of Iruekpen-Ekum, Edo State and that feline family that neither will attack the other. If today, there are no leopards left in that part, it is not because they betrayed the humans. So Odia is an original “Amotekun” the symbol of those in the Western Nigeria taking the battle to terrorists, kidnappers, bandits and rogue soldiers from neigbouring countries. Odia, like a leopard, has his own time zone; he moves at any time of the day or night harbouring no fears of our quite dangerous highways. Then, bullets from armed robbers near Okada, missed him by the whiskers, hitting the passenger sitting in front of him. It was past midnight! With that nightmare, he pledged to stop travelling at night. But I know he still does surreptitiously. A few months ago, he admitted arriving at the gates of the Obafemi...
2 comments
Read more