Love is a complex subject. Its eclectic nature makes it an integral theme in philosophy, religion, social and nationalistic allegiances and interpersonal relationships. Oftentimes, it is difficult to differentiate between love and lust, between love for one’s race and hatred for others. This polarity gives room for debate, thus opening acceptable views of love to questioning. For instance, central to the Christian faith is the concept of love, a sacrificial love for a noble idea. Shakespeare’s famous epic love story, Romeo and Juliet, is a celebration of romantic love, while Soyinka’s Elesin Oba, is a dichotomy between self-love and duty – a suicidal undertaking for communal bliss. In Romeo and Juliet, love is treated as infatuation, a cause of mental illness and ultimately death. For love, Romeo was willing to kill and to die, a sharp contrast with Elesin Oba, whose love for life and pleasure makes him question the honor of his family in dying to preserve the throne.
For we who dreaded love is an anthology containing Micheal Ace’s poem ‘For we who dreaded love’ and other response poems by several other poets triggered by the subject.
“Girl in the Portrait” is not just an ordinary novel but a novel with embodiments of thrilling concepts and its highly gratified suspense makes it a mystery to the reader. After reading the first chapter, the pen I was using to jot out some things paused, I paused, the manuscript paused and everyone around me paused! Why? Cause this storyline goes beyond our imagination of what a novel should be. However, this literary work is what a novel must be.
Penning words on paper is not the only work of a good writer, he/she must know how to weave words that would make the reader glue to the story and that is what Samuel Ayoade did in this novel. His use of figurative expressions to garnish some sentences in the novel makes me want to read more. Not only that, he makes use of ‘Third Person Narrative technique’ to tell the story as a witness to the scenes portrayed in the novel and that act brought the idea of self-belonging to the senses of the reader. His knowledge of the literary works come to play when he incorporates the angle of explaining some literary terms in the novel. Therefore, if you are a writer and you need to learn some literary terms, just grab this book and read.
There are much more to learn in this great literary work of Samuel Ayoade and I don’t think there’s anyone who wouldn’t benefit from reading this book.
– Adigun Temitope Idealism (Nigeria)
Author, Lines on the seat (LOTS), Co-author, Adulthood is a scam
Editor-in-chief, Black Pride Magazine
Still in the spirit of Christmas, this collection of short poems for kids sells for #500 ONLY. Beyond the lights, trees, and merriment, it will teach our kids love, kindness, compassion beyond flowery words, and the very essence of Christmas. It’s a collection for all times, seasons, and days, as I believe Christmas is everyday for the Christian. Every day, we must never forget that God’s love is the reason for the incarnation, and that God’s love is the foundation upon which redemption was built.
Still in the spirit of Christmas, this collection of short poems for kids sells for #500 ONLY. Beyond the lights, trees, and merriment, it will teach our kids love, kindness, compassion beyond flowery words, and the very essence of Christmas. It’s a collection for all times, seasons, and days, as I believe Christmas is everyday for the Christian. Every day, we must never forget that God’s love is the reason for the incarnation, and that God’s love is the foundation upon which redemption was built.
Of recent, there has been a proliferation of themes associated with “boys”. From dissent about boys who suffered rape to argument bordering on the neglect of the male child, and the discourse regarding whether boys should cry or not; there is an ongoing concern about the need to turn attention to the male child, without neglecting the female child, of course!
There is some element of legitimacy here. There is an overt acceptance that the male child should know better, while the female child becomes the attention of society, with such attention overbearing and excessively protective. Since the existence of the male child is built on assumptions, society is left to deal with the consequences of his actions.
This laxity on society’s part becomes the central focus of Silas Bamgbola’s experimental incursion in Lost Boys.
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Naming Our Bodies is a collection of powerful and endearing poems co-authored by Timothy Ojo, a professional copy writer, content developer and digital marketer from Federal University of Technology, Akure and Bright Osunwoke, an entrepreneur, spoken word artiste and a graduate of UNN, with a BS.c in Business Management.
In Kolawole Samuel‘s words;
“Timothy Ojo and Bright Osunwoke’s “Naming Our Bodies” calls to one with a familiar voice, and in a familiar way. A collage of human experiences, this collection interrogates humanity without pretence. It’s a bold attempt at exacting unblemished images of our bodies— bodies here as identities. And it takes huge ingenuity to be able to perform such feat. In this collection, Timothy and Bright have simplified age-long complexities of life with very beautiful diction. Brilliant debut.”
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Overcoming Masturbation through Personal Experience
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Scarlet Anatomy is the collected works (poems & stories) submitted for 2019 FWGE. This anthology is themed on love, lust, friendship, and every other subtheme related to human relationship.
Scarlet Anatomy is the collected works (poems & stories) submitted for 2019 FWGE. This anthology is themed on love, lust, friendship, and every other subtheme related to human relationship.
Soft Echoes by Olaleye Gift Emmanuel bring to mind this clarity. It is a compilation of poems that cut across different subjects, with each poem speaking its own message through artistic styles and moods. Author: Olaleye Gift Emmanuel Title: Soft Echoes Publication Date: 10th Febraury 2020 Publisher: ACEworld Publishers ISBN: 978-978-979-856-8 Price: N1,000
