Aviara is the third book written by Othuke Ominiabohs. It is a unique combination of flavors, which turns out as a gourmet offering for the literary connoisseur’s palate. Aviara is the sequel to Odufa but tells its own story so well that it grows too big for the shade of its illustrious progenitor. It is pregnant with a tale masterfully told, an outpouring that touches the very core of humanity. Love is a constant theme throughout the flowing pages, as…
The Mechanics of Yenagoa is a shining example of easy-to-digest-and-relate-to writing. Michael Afenfia’s new book tells a story of everyday people doing everyday things in totally unexpected ways, and Number 9, Kalakala street, Ovom, is the grimy epicenter of this intriguing universe. Until Ebinimi came along, who would have thought that a roadside mechanic’s life could be so eventful, especially a roadside mechanic based in ‘sleepy’ Yenagoa? All the other major characters in this book also have sizzling stories to…
Out of the corner of my left eye, I watched as the first Policeman to arrive the scene signal for the buzzing crowd to calm down. Surprisingly, they did, and then he turned in my direction. He was wearing the ceremonial black and blue, and he looked smart in it. The drab all-black uniform wouldn’t have done his done his dark-skinned self any favor at all. Maybe he knew that too. Anyway, I let him take two steps towards me,…
I stabbed the man in the mirror at the third try, hard and fast, just like baba had instructed. The unfamiliar face that gazed back at me from inside it had a bland expression that remained in place during the first two dry runs but quickly turned into a painful grimace immediately the knifepoint hit the mirror before it shattered into a million pieces. The deed was done. “Congratulations, ” baba whispered, patting me on the back with his calloused…
‘Good afternoon officer.’ The half-smile on my face as I reluctantly handed out the greeting was just for the sake of politeness, and it was for a good reason. Men of the Nigerian Police Force would probably top the list of my least liked people on any given day, and that list has some very despicable people on it. That this one who stopped me was a woman didn’t do anything to positively affect my perspective, nor was her already…
An Abundance of Scorpions is the story of loss. The book opens with the death of Tambaya’s immediate family (husband and only daughter) and goes on to detail the obstacles she faces in picking up her life after the unfortunate event. Alone and desperately in need of means to settle huge debts left behind by her late husband, she is soon forced back into the labor market to either sink or swim. Written in easily understandable language, the gripping story…
seun odukoya/ the underline academy presents ‘Move your writing to the next level ‘ may sound like a cliché – but that’s the reason behind these classes. Else, what’s the point? That’s the only reason you’re attending too – the knowledge that you will get something different and worthwhile out of it. That’s the only reason you should attend. Hence, STORY WARS I. The precursory writing mashups came as a result of a need to see writers/creatives be more than…
Only one word – ‘POW’! Mr Tunde Leye completely flipped the script in #TLGOTS and turned out a mind-blowing piece of fantasy fiction.