actually the nigerian novel that desperately needs adaptation is Ben Okri’s Famished Road. but it also needs a massive budget and most importantly very skilled and talented hands.
Thank you to Pope Leo XIV for giving us an absolute banger of a Tolkien trivia question: “Which character from The Lord of the Rings is quoted in a papal encyclical?”
Today marks the beginning of Children’s Day week, yet the children and teachers kidnapped on May 15th, 2026 from a school in Oriire LGA, Oyo State are still not home. Every day they remain in captivity, unimaginable things are happening to them. Please keep lending your voice and demanding action. Let’s not forget them.
Pattern Recognition is also the form of intelligence that causes the most stress.
You will see things that others do not.
You'll feel crazy.
Things will be *so obvious* to you, and others will just deny it.
There is healing in fiction that no self help book can replicate. Because sometimes you don't need advice. You just need to feel less alone in the experience.
I’ve never been to Enugu, but I know Independence Layout, Enugu from Ifeoma Okoye’s “Behind the Clouds”. I read it 12 years ago and remember it being described as a highbrow area. I still see people mention it online sometimes, and it feels so familiar… Books, what a concept!