Prof Nduka Otiono buries mum
Writer, journalist and distinguished academic Professor Nduka Otiono has lost his mother, Madam Benedicta Uzochikwa Otiono, who passed away at the age of 91. The burial is scheduled for January…
Writer, journalist and distinguished academic Professor Nduka Otiono has lost his mother, Madam Benedicta Uzochikwa Otiono, who passed away at the age of 91. The burial is scheduled for January…
In the last months before the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown I chanced upon the autobiography of Edison Arantes do Nascimento in a local thrift store in Ottawa. Titled Pelé: The Autobiography…
The second National Conference and AGM of the Network of Book Clubs and Reading Culture Promoters in Nigeria (NBRP) is to take place at Watbridge Hotel, Uyo from 15-18 September…
Nigerian Canadian professor of African Studies and English at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, Nduka Otiono, has donated books worth N382,000 to three Nigerian Universities: University of Ibadan (UI), University of…
Over 40 poets from Europe, Africa, and North America participated in the World Poetry Day virtual launch of Wreaths for a Wayfarer: An Anthology in Honour of Pius Adesanmi edited by…
Oral Literary Performance in Africa: Beyond Text edited by Nduka Otiono and Chiji Akọma in honour of Professor Isidore Okpewho is now available for pre-order. According to a Facebook post…
Wreaths for a Wayfarer, Nduka Otiono and Uchechukwu Umezurike, Daraja Press, 2020, 299 pages Professor Pius Adebola Adesanmi belongs to the class of people larger than life and death. When…
Nduka Otiono and Uchechukwu Umezurike, editors of the poetry anthology, Wreaths for a Wayfarer, published in honour of Prof Pius Adesanmi, have announced the release of the book published in…
Editors of the anthology in honour of Pius Adesanmi, which is to be co-published by Canadian and Nigerian publishers, have extended the deadline for submissions. The editors of the proposed…
(for Pius Adebola Adesanmi) Dear Payo, when it hurts, that you do not feel the hurt that you stoke in the hurt, that you are the vigil of hurt.…