Art and Ideas

Art and Ideas

Pride and Prejudice and progress: the best second novels of all time

By James Reith A lifetime goes into your first novel. A deadline fuels your second. Much as the “difficult second album” is a product of t

ANA Kano gets new EXCO, visits Emir Sanusi

The president of the Association of Nigerian Authors, Malam Denja Abdullahi has inaugurated the new executives of the association’s Kano branch.

A Tricky tale for teenagers: A Review of Sweet Sixteen (A coming of age story) by Bolaji Abdullahi

In Bolaji Abdullahi’s Sweet Sixteen, the protagonist, 16 year-old Aliya, whom her father refers to adoringly as ‘My First Lady,’ bom

Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction unveils 2017 shortlist

Judges hail vintage year as major authors including Sebastian Barry and Rose Tremain contend alongside unfamiliar names for £25,000 honour Sebas

‘The trouble with tying theatre performances to embassies’ – Adesewo

What attracted you to performing arts? Growing up, I watched a lot of television plays and so, especially Hindi (Indian) movies and got fascinated by