Weekend Mag

Weekend Mag

Why I write about topical issues – Helon Habila

Helon Habila is a creative writing professor at George Mason University, United States of America. He is the author of ‘Waiting for an Angel’, ‘Measur

A memory of Mugabe’s Zimbabwe

Harare, August 1999, inside The Queens Dale Sports Club, a smoky writers’ and journalists’ hangout located on Chiremba Road, arguably one of Harare’s

Why we formed Kannywood Women Association – Hauwa Editor

Hauwa A. Bello, popularly known as Hauwa Editor has been in the Hausa filmmaking business for over two decades. In this interview, the producer, singe

Malam Mamman Daura: Tribute to Baba at 80!

To be like the rock that the waves keep crashing over. It stands unmoved and the raging of the sea falls still around it – Marcus Aurelius Malam Mamma

Personal reminiscences on Nigeria @ 50

This piece, written by Malam Mamman Daura in commemoration of Nigeria’s 50th independence anniversary, was first published by Daily Trust in 2010. IN