Harvest of Corruption by Frank Ogodo Ogbeche Introduction to the play, Harvest of Corruption by Frank Ogodo Ogbeche The play, Harvest of Corruption is written to condemn the ills of the contemporary Nigerian society. As a satire, the play illustrates how corruption like a canker worm has eaten deep into the fabrics of our society,… Continue reading Harvest of Corruption by Frank Ogodo Ogbeche
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AMBUSH BY GBEMISOLA ADEOTI
AMBUSH BY GBEMISOLA ADEOTI INTRODUCTION The poem is satirical in nature. It tries to expose the socio-political cum economic problems that Nigerians are facing. The poem points out how the dreams and aspirations of an average Nigerian is being thwarted by the political elites who plunder the nation’s resources to satisfy their selfish interests and… Continue reading AMBUSH BY GBEMISOLA ADEOTI
WHY YOU MUST NOT FAIL JAMB
WHY YOU MUST NOT FAIL JAMB WHY YOU MUST NOT FAIL JAMB Are you a jambite or you know someone who is? Since JAMB has decided to go InfoTech by introducing CBT (computer based test), we have decided to go cloud technology by having all reading resources in our mobile phones. No more moving around… Continue reading WHY YOU MUST NOT FAIL JAMB
Blood of a Stranger – Characterization
CHARACTERISATION OF THE DRAMA, THE BLOOD OF A STRANGER Blood of a Stranger - Characterization SOKO Soko is the chief priest of Mando land whose words are considered as the words of the gods and the ancestors. Hence, Mando people believe his words to be true. Contrarily, he takes the opportunity to deceive the land… Continue reading Blood of a Stranger – Characterization
Blood of a Stranger – Characterization
CHARACTERISATION OF THE DRAMA, THE BLOOD OF A STRANGER SOKO Soko is the chief priest of Mando land whose words are considered as the words of the gods and the ancestors. Hence, Mando people believe his words to be true. Contrarily, he takes the opportunity to deceive the land with selfish lies. He tells them… Continue reading Blood of a Stranger – Characterization
The Piano and the Drum – Intro, Poem, and the Analysis
INTRODUCTION THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS BY GABRIEL OKARA In the poem, the piano and the drums, the poetic persona shows the difference between the normal lifestyle of Africans and that of the modern world. The setting of the poem, as is seen in the poem, dates from the advent of civilization to the modern… Continue reading The Piano and the Drum – Intro, Poem, and the Analysis
The Biography of Gabriel Okara
THE BIOGRAPHY OF GABRIEL OKARA The biography of Gabriel Okara. Gabriel Imomotimi Gbaingbain Okara was born on April 21, 1921, in Bumodi, Nigeria, is Nigerian poet and novelist whose poems had been translated into several languages in the early 1960s. Okara, who to a large extent, taught himself how to read and write, became a… Continue reading The Biography of Gabriel Okara
The Dining Table by Gbanabom Hallowell – Analysis, themes, figures of speech, mood/tone, structure and diction
BIOGRAPHY The Dining Table by Gbanabom Hallowell THE DINING TABLE Dinner tonight comes with gun wounds. Our desert tongues lick the vegetable blood—the pepper strong enough to push scorpions up our heads. Guests look into the oceans of bowls as vegetables die on their tongues. The table that gathers us is an island where guerillas… Continue reading The Dining Table by Gbanabom Hallowell – Analysis, themes, figures of speech, mood/tone, structure and diction
The Biography of Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell
The Biography of Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell Gbanabom Hallowell, an established Sierra Leonean poet, born Elvis Jacob Hallowell in Sierra Leone in 1965. He got his education at Birch Memorial Secondary School, Makeni and Milton Margai Teachers College (now Milton Margai College of Education), where he studied English. As a teacher, librarian, journalist and a human… Continue reading The Biography of Elvis Gbanabom Hallowell
THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS
THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS CLICK HERE TO READ GABRIEL OKARA’S BIOGRAPHY INTRODUCTION THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS BY GABRIEL OKARA In the poem, the piano and the drums, the poetic persona shows the difference between the normal lifestyle of Africans and that of the modern world. The setting of the poem, as is… Continue reading THE PIANO AND THE DRUMS
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