I started off this year reading Animal Farm, the often-cited George Orwell classic published in 1944. At just 109 pages long, I read it over two weekends in January, enjoying every page and wondering, once or twice, why the author rated pigs (and not the dog, for instance) so highly…

Editor’s Note: This review was first published on kalmaafrik.ng in July 2021, and is republished here now that the film is showing on Netflix For the records, I have seen Ayinla twice. Also for the records: I do this for movies I have more than a passing interest in. So…

When guests gather this weekend to be part of the album launch of writer and poet Iquo DianaAbasi, they will be treated to a medley of music and dance laced with folkloric chants rooted in Ibibio worldview. More than that, they will be watching a citizen and creative who, in…

Lagos is noise. It is chaos. It is fast paced. But Lagos is also rich history, vibrant culture and ecstatic entertainment, not to mention its reputation as a city for the business traveler. While acknowledging the former, it is the latter defining characteristics of the ‘city of aquatic splendor’ that…

Bonny Kingdom holds a special place in the evangelical efforts of Bishop Ajayi Crowther. He arrived here just months after his consecration as Bishop at the Canterbury Cathedral in June 1864, beginning active missionary work in April 1865. At the time the terrain was hard to reach, except by sea…

Last week, on 22 February, we were in Ibadan for the launch of a new book on Bishop Ajayi Crowther. …

The sexton at the St John’s Church (Aroloya) welcomes me warmly and happily shows me around. …