TALES OF ÌYÁ OLÓBÌ: A MEMOIR OF WARMTH, WIT, AND THE WEIGHT OF NIGERIAN HISTORY
BY SINA KAWONISE.

Kayode Samuel’s Black Esther: Tales of Ìyá Olóbì is that rare book that makes you laugh out loud, nod knowingly, and then pause to sigh at the absurd beauty and contradictions of Nigeria. Ostensibly a tender, semi-autobiographical tribute to his formidable grandmother, the eponymous Ìyá Olóbì, it is also a sly excavation of Nigeria’s political…

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PARDON AND CRIMINALS AT TINUBU SQUARE
BY TUNDE ODESOLA

An elephant bigger than its cage –that’s Tinubu Square:Stretching the girth of Broad Street,Bequeathing a crossroads and traffic bottleneck,Tinubu Square bulges where Broad Street narrows,Like the python and its belly after an antelope meal I know Tinubu Square.A youngster, I combed the Island,A wandering youth, on foot,Trekking was a hobby,Guguru, boli and epa for snack,Vibing…

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