by Temie Giwa
A review of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s A Wizard’s Tale

There is a need for more positive narratives of Nigeria on the Internet in blogs, discussions and comments but it is necessary to ensure that the quality of such is of a high standard. Something says our educational system does not guarantee immediate successes in that area, we need a fundamental rethinking in English language education and possibly a broadening of our thinking too.

Sometime ago in May, at a house party in a friend’s house – an artist, I found myself seated around a table with a few elderly women who grew up in Mississippi in the 60s. One of them is my friend’s mother – a seventy year old professor of history in my institution. The conversation they were having was about [...]

Hilarious! She said Somehow, there are certain trends I do not react to or acknowledge until it catches the eye of certain members of my social network at which point my curiosity might be engaged to have a look just to appreciate what might have piqued their interest. This topic had been around for over a week until it came [...]

Temie Giwa My life is littered with great books. I tend to remember the important events of my life with the books I was reading at the time. The summer vacation from college when I switched my major from corporate law to international development, I read Nelson Mandela’s “Long walk to freedom”. Last year’s adventure all over Europe was my [...]