My friend Diana and fellow FLTA speaks to the Voice Of America, here.
Browsing the archives for the News category.
Here are a few blogs about literature, travelling and journalism that you should check out. I have also recently added them to my Favourite page.
Richard Ali on Nigerian Literature and the Arts.
Belinda Otas – Journalist, Writer, Blogger and theatre fanatic.
Naijablog – A British academic in Nigeria: views, observations and links.
Jude Dibia – Author of Unbridled and Walking With Shadows.
Novuyo Rosa – The Pen and I: Thoughts of a South-African writer.
Ruona Godwin-Agbroko – a Nigerian Journalist and 2010 Nial Fitzgerald Scholar in South Africa
Loomnie – thoughts of a Nigerian Anthropologist in Europe.
Ethan Zuckerman – My Heart’s in Accra.
Wordsbody – Nigerian Writer and Arts Journalist
“The BookJam @ Silverbird” is a series of once-monthly literary events. Each event consists of book readings, discussions, literary performances, book signings and a raffle draw.
The Bookjam is hosted by A. Igoni Barrett and the Silverbird Lifestyle store.
The second edition of “The BookJam @ Silverbird” will hold between 3 to 5 pm on Saturday 27 March 2010, at the Silverbird Lifestyle store, Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The guest writers are:
- Adewale Maja-Pearce, author of Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa and Other Essays and former editor of the Heinemann African Writers’ Series;
- Joy Isi Bewaji, author of Eko Dialogue;
- Uwem Akpan, author of Say You’re One of Them.
Admission to the BookJam is free. Members of the audience who purchase books during the event stand a chance to win a special prize in a raffle draw.
For more information send an email to auggustmedia@gmail.com.
“It’s been a long time coming, but I know a change is gonna come“- Sam Cooke
One of the greatest demonstrations of freedom took place in Nigeria on Tuesday the 16th. It was a youth rally that had over a thousand young professionals storm the Eagle’s Square and the National Assemby complex (the Nigerian Senate building) to demand a change to the way the country is run and the direction to which it is going. It was tagged Enough is Enough. It was a popular uprising that the country has had coming for a long time. One stupid national event after another that has brought disgrace to the name of the nation has happened many times and for weeks, months and years it had been necessary for something to come along and break the cycle of citizen complacency. This was it, along with other rallies that have taken place in the past weeks. And this was extra relevant because it was organized by young people, the main beneficiaries of the inevitable future. On the short run, it won’t solve any problems. It will need to be sustained and backed with vigilance and active participation in governance at every level, but as a demonstration of the will of the people to challenge misrule and bad governance, this is one of the best recourse of an enlightened citizenry. Luckily, unlike what these pictures show, it was actually a peaceful protest – albeit a very angry one, as it should be.
I followed the rally from my laptop as early as 4am on Tuesday on twitter and via the live video feed until I finally slept off by 8am. One thing I can say is that the audio and video feeds I got didn’t give me the best and most accurate portrayal of the event and I was frustrated half of the way. But here now are some of the most memorable, and favourite, pictures from the event, obtained from Facebook today thanks to Ohimai Godwin Amaize, former campus journalist and one of the guys on the front row. What can I say? I am proud to be a young Nigerian, and I align with those bold to challenge the status quo. I hope that more rallies like this take place around the country, and I hope that the required change comes.
Yesterday, the acting president dissolved his cabinet, which on some level could be seen as the beginning of progress. Who knows?