Chimezie Chika

Nigeria
Nigeria’s Class Problem and the Nepotism Debate

Nigeria has a serious class problem. As with all such societies, the controlling oligarchy is…

Years of Shame
“Years of Shame” Review: Obinna Udenwe’s Ambitious New Novel Nearly Crumbles Under the Weight of Editorial Issues

Not many recent novels from Nigeria would trump Years of Shame’s innate ethical ambition. It…

Uche Okonkwo
“Readers Will Bring All Kinds of Meaning to Your Work”: Uche Okonkwo, In Conversation with Afrocritik

“When I write child characters, I think about how big some of my childhood moments…

Area Scatter
The Legend of Area Scatter: Enigmatic Musician or Misunderstood Individual?

Area Scatter’s life is proof that history has been replete with personalities operating on the…

AI
Who Wrote This? The Crisis of Criticism in the AI Era

The pivotal question all curious individuals must be asking today is what the future of…

Dhee Sylvester
Dhee Sylvester: The Designer Revolutionising Nigerian Book Covers

“As much as I want people to buy books because they like the cover, I…

A Raised Hand in Greeting Left Unanswered
The Obscured Realities in Shegun Oseh’s Smokescreen Images

A keen observer would notice that much of Shegun Oseh’s work is the conscious artistic…

A Kind of Madness
“A Kind of Madness” Review: Uche Okonkwo’s Collection of Short Stories Explores the Ramifications of Figurative Madness

A Kind of Madness takes female relationships seriously. Many of the stories here explore that…

Dream Count
“Dream Count” Review: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Novel Psychoanalyses the Intangibility of Dreams

Dream Count leaves no illusions that it is a repudiation of the boxes into which…

Ogbanje Abiku
Ogbanje or Abiku Phenomenon: An African Spirit-Child Myth or the Enigma of Modern Health Struggles?

Some manifestations of the spirit-child concept in Africa can be intensely prejudicial and even more…