Chimezie Chika

University of Ibadan
University of Ibadan’s First Class Graduates and the Performance Debate in Nigerian Universities

The issue is mostly not the graduates themselves, but the quality of the system producing…

A Siege of Owls
Uchenna Awoke’s “A Siege of Owls” is a Masterpiece About Nigeria’s Volatility

A Siege of Owls is a thoroughly multidimensional novel with multidimensional characters whose survival in…

Grace
Chika Unigwe’s “Grace” Exposes the Line Between Wanted and Unwanted Pregnancy

Grace is an immensely provocative story that asks questions about the rightness or wrongness of…

Gemspread
Literary Merit or Not: Nigerian Publishing and Gemspread’s Attempt

Since the cost of book printing contributes more to the retail price of books, one…

Afrocritik’s Notable African Books of 2025
Afrocritik’s Notable African Books of 2025

The good news is that African writers are still firing on all cylinders in all…

Ojirami
“Ojirami: The Weeping River” Review: Immigration, Myth, and Tragedy Swirl in a Play About the Potency of a Deity

The influence of holistic theatre on Christopher’s Ojirami: The Weeping River is a delight. Scenes…

Enugu Photo Festival
Enugu Photo Festival: Architectural Ruins and the Death of Preservation

One of the benefits of architectural preservation is not only to safeguard the timeless aesthetics…

reading
How Should We Read? Akpata Magazine and the Reading Debate

Concentration happens on different levels. The human brain is on a diverse spectrum, and people…

A Meal Is a Meal
“A Meal Is a Meal” Review: Nnamdi Anyadu’s Collection Serves a Balanced Plate of Pleasures

One story after another, A Meal Is a Meal offers us a balanced plate of…

NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature
The Cuttings of 2025: Are African Literary Prizes Out of Touch?

The death of literary criticism is the death of literary culture in the most literal…