Nigeria

KorloueNow Poetry Competition
The inaugural KorloueNow Poetry Competition is on. KorloueNow is a platform for promoting creative thoughts through writing. It hopes to shift the attention of youths from violence as a means to an end to writing. It is an intellectual platform for developing creative ideas and thought. The prizes to be won are: 1st Prize …
Faithful Thieves
The peace of Naija has metamorphosed Into a masquerade dancing to the drumbeats Of calamity and chaos The faithful thieves kept digging mother earth Until the huge blood bank Of helpless human souls Are ever silenced in the grave Of injustice and persecution They have driven blood thirsty wagons To dump victimised bones Into…
[PICS] Slyk & Distinct Magazine 2nd Edition Release Party
Slyk and Distinct team recently launched the second edition of Slyk & Distinct Magazine at Luminous Lounge Opebi, Lagos. The colourful magazine is all about good life and showcasing talented people in their fields. This edition brings to you not just acclaimed artistes but up-coming ones too. The content ranges from interview with Vector and…
SONGS OF DIRGES by Adeoti Oluwakemi, Rasaq Gbolahan
Skies shed tears Eagles hawked songs of dirges Across the wakeful ears of mourning mourners And the panic wind Gathered shattered memories moon mourned our tales stars hid their faces giving chance for dusk to rule the sky’s surface II ocean of blood cries of agony …
#NaijaPoetrySlam Check Entries for Naija Poetry Slam
Guess you have heard of #NaijaPoetrySlam hosted by Bassey Ikpi going on. If you haven’t, check the video announcement. What is Poetry Slam? Poetry slam is a poetry competition where people/poets perform their poems in front of audience and are judged by the audience based on their performances. According to Poets.org A slam itself is simply a…
CELEBRATING CHRISTOPHER OKIGBO: POETRY NIGHT
CELEBRATING CHRISTOPHER OKIGBO:POETRY NIGHT anchored by acclaimed poet Odia Ofeimun The Life House with the support of Ayaka Magazine will host readings and discussions of Christopher Okigbo's Poetry. Christopher Okigbo is widely acknowledged as the outstanding postcolonial English-language African poet and one of the major modernist writers of the twentieth century. An…
Call for Participation: African Road Rally 2012
The African Road Rally Organization is proud to announce a call for Participation in the maiden edition of the road trip project. The ARR team plans to travel from Senegal, through Lagos, Nigeria to South Africa through Ethiopia and Kenya for the 2012 edition. This year’s trip will feature 50 Nigerians and three delegates from…
Precognition by Uzuazo Onwah
by Uzuazo Onwah (@OUzuazo) If only I could tell The future very well; Where these footsteps will lead, What’s the fruit of this seed; If I could understand The complicated strand; Beyond where the road bends, Where the journey will end; If only I could see Beyond infinity; What clothes this universe; What follows the last…
Fever
My mind’s been pilfered Whom shall I tell? These thoughts are not mine Shall I scream? Alien memories in my head So terrible; this invasion… Shall I yell? Foreign words on my tongue Whose dream do I dream? Betrayed, used, abused Vulnerable, self-hating wet and naked minding absent mind I feel exactly like a used…
CINEMATOGRAPHY LECTURE by Oscar Winning film legend Jack Conroy
With the support of The Life House, AFTTA will host Jack Conroy's first Lagos lecture. The lecture tagged 'Introduction to Cinematography'will also feature excerpt screenings of Conroy's work followed by questions and answers. This is a special opportunity to meet this film maker of highest calibre Friday 4th May, 2012 Time: 5pm -8pm Cost: N2,000 (Free…