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Emeagwali Writes for The
New Gong
Renowned scientist and one of the acclaimed
fathers of the Internet, Philip Emeagwali, in the
following series of articles reflects on Nigeria
and Africa's future 50 years after
independence from colonial rule.
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Nneka!
Nigerian musician, Nneka Egbuna, harks to an
amalgam of influences but then makes them all
her own. Read...


Nigeria and the South
Atlantic Market Bridge
Peter Alexander (Ashikiwe) Egom writes on the
potentials of cross-Atlantic cooperation
between Africa and its diaspora.
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Nigerian Literature at 50:
A Coat of Many Colours
Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema reviews the
progress on Nigerian literature since               
independence in 1960.
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The Poetry of Ebuka
Young poet and law student, Ebuka Ezenduka,
makes his debut with verses about things
common.
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Tribute to Ibrahim ben
Tahir: Mallam of Mallams
Peter Alexander (Ashikiwe) Egom has a vivid
recall of his first encounter with Ibrahim Tahir,
politician, scholar and author of The Last
Imam, who died recently.
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Congo and Sudan:
Lessons for Nigeria
Mahmood Mamdani's keynote delivery at the
Odia Ofeimun Lecture, to mark the poet's 60
years, is full of lessons and invocations for
Nigeria from other African examples.
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Miano cries foul over
treatment of her book by
U.S. publisher
Cameroonian writer Leonora Miano signed a
deal with the University of Nebraska Press to
publish her novel, Dark Side of the Night, but
found the preface by Terese Svoboda rather
demeaning. She protests.
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The scorpion that refused
to sting
A short story by   
Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema  
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Vote with stones
A poem by Uzor Maxim Uzoatu gives voice to
opponents of former Nigerian military dictator
Ibrahim Babangida's bid for the presidency.
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Homage in verse
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu pays homage to his
hometown in verse. Read...


The coming post-slavery
economics of right-is-might
In this essay, Peter Alexander (Ashikiwe)
Egom, remarks on the imminent end of
post-slavery economics and ponders its
replacement. Read...


I must marry
A short story by Henry Chukwuemeka
Onyema. Read...


Memories and lines
Isidore Emeka Uzoatu pens poems to love,
politics and war. Read...


Communist America or the
real end of history?
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu examines how the defender
of the free market became the apostle of state
intervention....Read...
OLDER POSTINGS

Pius Waritimi: Art in search of
meaning
Sculptor who deploys every part of a tree in
symbolic expression.
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Our Credulous Grammarian
Wole Soyinka's You Must Set Forth at Dawn
reviewed by Adewale Maja-Pearce.

Poetry: Language of the Gods
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu interviewed.


Lady
A short story by Jane Bryce

Conversation with Wole Soyinka
Nobel winner speaks with Dulue Mbachu on
the role of the writer, his political activism,
Sea Dogs and more.

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
shortlisted for Caine Prize
The New Gong writer, Uzoatu, is on the
2008 Caine Prize shortlist...
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In the Shadow of Mount Pelee
Interview with Aime Cesaire.

From Onitsha Market Literature to Home
Movies
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu revisits the spot where
Onitsha market literature first sprouted.

Remembering Beko - A Regular Kuti
Isidore Emeka Uzoatu recalls an encounter
with Beko Ransome-Kuti.

Mungo Park: In Praise of African Women
Adewale Maja-Pearce revisits the journals of
Mungo Park, the 18th century Scottish
explorer.

New Generator: 'I pass my neighbour'
A short story by Eghosa Imasuen.
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Interview with Chinua Achebe
17 years after a telling conversation with
Chinua Achebe, Dulue Mbachu shares it
with one and all for the first time.
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Chants
Previously unpublished poems by Dulue
Mbachu.
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Under the Coconut Tree
Faction on the Niger Delta situation by John
Owubokiri
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Review of Wole Soyinka's You Must Set
Forth at Dawn
By Adewale Maja-Pearce

The Essential Fela!
The very things tha made Fela
Anikulapo-Kuti
an unusual artiste.

The Dog
A short story by
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Selling Africa
By Adewale
Maja-Pearce

Interview with Sharifa Johka

Viewing Obudu
through the lens of
George Osodi

The painting of Juliet  Ezenwa
Maja-Pearce

Random songs by Azubike Ufelle