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I wish Nigerians were interested in and read Nigerian history. I wish we understood the reasons why we are so different from each other. The things we glorify today, I

Scary how easily Nigerians reach for death, for murder, for violent killing as the solution, as punishment for offences real and perceived. Once you oppose to offenders being killed (not

Oh how the internet and its products benefits from outrage. A CH room on in the wee hours and now ended made a lot of people upset. Rooms were opened

Some of you have heard this story before. But I am at the airport and the woman at the counter has me triggered: she reminds me of the smiling German

You see that Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin conversation, it is striking for many reasons. And I wonder if two writers or intellectuals can sit and talk like this today

Poverty is bad. But the fear of poverty- the main driving force of Nigeria's (pseudo)middle class- is much worse. It controls everything. Dictates morals. Defines goals. It is the reason

White, the wolf head of the farm who is both blind and hard of hearing, lost his deputy, the wily fox Kyama who controlled him. Kyama kept White in a

How to die in Nigeria... To purchase this book in Nigeria contact @rovingheights. Outside Nigeria the Amazon link is in my profile.

The scam is about to happen. The trick is to drag writers into camps, into he-said she-said, to divert this into petty gossip instead of the real issue: a so-called

We complained about this family and the people they fund to whitewash them into the Nigerian literary space they insulted us, called us haters. Now they have seen the true

It is very easy to criticise others. Nigeria has made me rethink a lot. If you do ANY serious work at a high level in that country you will in

See, I love the Ezekwesili twins. If there are children of politicians I can stand it is them. I once told one of them I disagreed with their mother @obyezeks.