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Reading Moral Ambiguity in Ikenna Okeh’s 'Yahoo! Yahoo!'
A book that reads like a Quentin Tarantino movie script
Odega Shawa reviews Ikenna Okeh's 'Yahoo! Yahoo!' in which he re-introduces us to the chaotic energy of Lagos in his novel Yahoo! Yahoo!, taking a hard and exciting look at the subculture of Internet fraud and digital and love scams that thrive in the shadowy world beneath the city’s surface. This is Okeh’s known style as a socially conscious Nigerian writer. He weaves relatable moral conflicts and complex human experiences into an engaging reading delight, as seen in his other novels.
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Reparation As a Possible Currency of Trauma Resolution
Odega Shawa Reviews the One-Act Play, 'Slavery is (Not) a Choice'.
Odega Shawa reviews the one-act play, 'Slavery is (Not) a Choice'. Slavery is (Not) a choice is Ikenna Okeh’s latest stage play presentation. The title takes its courageous nuance of confrontation from the now notorious and befuddled outburst of famous American rapper Kanye West, who declared to the outrage of most people of good conscience that ‘slavery was a choice’ for the victims.
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Ikenna Okeh 📖 Rogues of the East
A new pathway for Nigerian crime fiction
A book review of ‘Rogues of the East’ by Ebri Kowaki - How Ikenna Okeh has cleared a new pathway for Nigerian crime fiction. Daring and imaginative Nigerian novelists have published crime novels every other year since 2010. Like dynamite going off underwater, it is creating a great splash. And that splash is what this review analyses.
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Evolving Into The Mainstream | A Review of Ugoccie’s ‘Man on Fire’
Evolving Into The Mainstream
Ugoccie releases 'Man on Fire', a song off her EP, 'A Piece of Me'. Ugoccie’s ‘Man on Fire’ comes as something fresh and refreshing – completely out of the box. Most striking is the realisation that the song kicks off with the narration of a story – storytelling being a vital quality of a traditional entertainer. This attribute of the song makes listening to ‘Man on Fire’ a serious business.
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Sharaf Band | Kadeed Badanaa Naftaydani
My Life is Full of Tribulations
This fascinating compilation gathers recordings from the Horn of Africa spanning several decades, including pop songs as well as tunes recorded for theatrical plays. Many of the recordings were made in Mogadishu, Hargeisa, or Djibouti. Sharaf Band's "Kadeed Badanaa Naftaydani" was recorded in the 1980s, but it has a groove similar to what trip-hop producers like Massive Attack would be doing.
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Beyond Love and Romance
A review of Abudebi Zonjon's 'I've Decided'
What the artist intends to achieve with their music is entirely up to them. It is probable that Abudebi Zonjon set out with the song ‘I’ve Decided’ to transport us to a human condition which we are all too familiar with, especially in this present time; the issue of LOVE.