A MEMORY OF MOROCCO

TRAVELOGUE A MEMORY OF MOROCCO BY Wale Okediran Rabat was love at first sight. With its enchanting coastline under the blue sky, and silvery large boats that adorned the Atlantic…

AN EVENING WITH TOYIN FALOLA

Dinner was served just as twilight descended on the sunny Accra skyline. We were sitting outside a restaurant somewhere in the Labone area of Accra, Ghana with its beautiful ambience…

BOOK REVIEW | THE REBOUND OF JOHN MAHAMA

In about 400 magisterial pages, Manasseh Azure Awuni, ‘ a freelance investigative Ghanaian journalist whose ground-breaking stories have resulted in the shaping of policies in Ghana among other things’ gives…

A Voice for the Continent

In a celebration of enduring vision and literary statesmanship, Dr. Wale Okediran, Secretary General of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA), was honored with the Kwame Nkrumah Award for Service…

MY EBEDI WRITERS RESIDENCY TESTIMONIAL: A JOURNEY OF REDISCOVERY AND GROWTH

As I look back on my application letter written in January, I am overwhelmed with gratitude. I had only two clear goals when I applied: to complete The Diary of…

TRIBUTE; NGUGI WA THIONGO AND THE BURDEN OF VERNACULARS

More than two years have passed since I last corresponded with Professor Ngugi Wa Thiongo, trailblazing novelist, playwright, essayist and scholar as well as a fearless advocate for linguist and…