At #TheAnonymousBookclub ( @theanonymous_bookclub on IG ) we read a book every two weeks. Next two weeks, we will be reading @benokri 's #TheFamishedRoad Get ready to send your reviews when you are through
Lagos. I want to see my wife and I don't have transport. I am stuck at work in Okada, Edo state. We call each other though but it's not the same.
Miss you, halima. My limlim. 😘
When I was younger, I caught one of my aunties staring into the distance and asked her what she was doing. She smiled and simply said "thinking" - I asked why she was always "thinking" and she said "when you get to my age you'll understand."
I'm now at her age, I now understand.
The best thing to do is to give women a taste of their medicine.
Don't toast women, just give them greenlight.
You can always deny you didn't toast them.
Bolanle Austen-Peters' biopic of Funmilayo Ransome Kuti starring Kehinde Bankole is now on a limited theatrical run.
The film will be screening at Silverbird Galeria until September 15.
"THOSE INCAPABLE OF THINKING HAVE BECOME OUR LEADERS OF THOUGHT"
We recently had a visit with Professor Niyi Osundare, poet and don of global renown, at his home in Ibadan. It was meant to be a casual, social visit but we brought a camera along anyway. Turned out to be a chat of over 3 hours.
We talked about everything: his ancestral roots in Ikere-Ekiti, the cultural values that shaped and continue to inspire him, solutions to the many problems facing Nigeria, how he almost lost his life to Hurricane Katrina, the intersections between poetry and music, the role of the artist in building an equitable society, etc. He talked freely, sang a lot (and, trust me, he has such a beautiful voice) and even danced!
The "chat" has been packaged in 3 parts. Please note that you may experience some wind noise here and there through the recording. We've done all we can to reduce the noise and make the listening pleasurable for you.
Evening Chat with Prof. Niyi Osundare
https://t.co/JEcoRCej4m
I cant tell you how many times I am tempted to say yes to "Wow!!! Are you the one that sang the song?"
The official soundtrack of the Aspire2Perspire Podcast is BELIEVE by KENNY KORE
Very powerful song. Melodious with a great message.
Welcome to Al-Mutanabbi Street the ‘Book Market of Baghdad’ where books remain in the street at night because Iraqis say:
“The reader does not steal & the thief does not read”
To celebrate International Literacy Day, a thread on the historic book market on Al-Mutanabbi Street…