The library has history and a great book collection. I am in the middle of editing and writing so will not explore the books yet. It is a treat for when I put the ‘pen’ down on my work and finally hand it in to the publisher.
The Posh Boy – sorry you do not belong!
I noticed him because his clipped upper-class accent stood out in this deprived working-class environment awash with newly arrived immigrants, phone shops, beggars and people with haggard hard on anxious faces.
African Writes 2019
Her story was about a world in which women had to go naked or unclothed until they were ‘claimed’ in marriage by a man.
I am a Literary Geek – a reading machine!
I read everything. Comics, Romance, Horror, Sci-fi, Literary, Crime. I had favourite books – Pride and Prejudice, Emma, The Little women. I loved Agatha Christie – she became a staple – long dead in faraway in cold England while I followed her exotic characters under the scorching Nigerian sun.
She smiled back!
I made it a private personal mission that I would make her smile. I had no idea who she was, her name, her issues. It did not matter. A smile was not for sale.
Africa Fashion Week London 2019
Africa Fashion 2019 is nearly upon us! Get out all your African attires. Come learn all the fashion secrets. Over 70,000 visitors visited in 2018.
RIP Toni Morrison
It was 1992. Ms Morrison had a given a talk on the book, to a rapt audience, in a packed ICA. The queue to have the book signed was very long, and I was hungry, so I skipped having mine signed and had berated myself for my foolishness ever since.
The Stockfish – One of world’s stinkiest food yet I love eating it!
The head of the stockfish which I imagine the Norwegians used to toss in the bin is a particular favourite in many parts of Nigeria most especially the east as it adds an extra flavour that enriches the soup.