Date: March 30, 2024 from 4:30-6:30 PM (UTC) Panelists: ● Prof. Razinat Muhammed, HoD, Department of English and Literary Studies, University of Abuja. ● Dr. Wale Okediran, Founder, Ebedi International Writers Residency, Nigeria; and Secretary-General, Pan African Writers Association (PAWA). ● Dr. Uthman Akanbi, Founder, Imodoye Writers Residency, Nigeria;…
Every beginning surely has an end, and with every end, another journey begins. I remember receiving the acceptance mail on a Thursday evening when I just alighted from a bus that drove me from Lagos down to Ibadan—it felt surreal, like a dream displaying right on my phone. My Hannah later got her Samuel—not in…
I set out for Minna on the 30th of April, 2024, at exactly 8:30 am from New Bussa, Niger State, in an army-green Honda car. Though I had been to Minna before, I was anxious to set foot in the city again. The last time I visited, I passed through the Sokoto route and not…
By BM Dzukogi We probably relocated to Minna from Bida in 1972 or 73. My father, Abubakar Zukogi, had secured a new job as a School Sergeant at Ahmadu Bahago Teachers College, formerly Niger Baptist College, Minna. By 1972, I was seven years old. We took a train to Minna from Badeggi near Bida. The…
A year-long literary festival honouring the outstanding achievements of Nigerian literary icon BM Dzukogi to mentorship, literature, and societal reform is underway as he approaches his 60th birthday in January 2025. This historic event, organised by the Hill-Top Creative Arts Foundation (HCAF), a committed group of friends and his family, aims to commemorate a milestone…
