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In Temptation, Kardashian Plays Shallow

YOU know the girl who plays the dumb, shallow character in Temptation, the new film by Tyler Perry? It’s Kim Kardashian. Of the six main characters in this emotional story of far- fetched love and searing...
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‘And The Man Cried’… Wole Soyinka, Almost (2)

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FOR they too countersued for giving the rights to NTA for the miniseries production of Things Fall Apart, with an all-star cast that includes Pete Edochie as Okonkwo, and the NTA miniseries icon, Peter Igho as the Supervising...
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‘And The Man Cried’… Wole Soyinka, Almost (1)

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I HAVE read almost every encomium on Prof. Chinua Achebe, and I don’t think it can ever be enough to add another one. In fact, I feel I must add this one because none has mentioned the man’s desire to shoot his works in film, which was totally...
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Why I Don’t Believe In Weeping, By Achebe

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Chinua-Achebe-Caricature-copy• Africa Needs To Get Its Story Straight• It’s Frustrating That Beloved Home, Nigeria, Doesn’t Use Its Talents• In Things Fall Apart, I wanted English And Igbo To Hold A Conversation• What My Ibadan Professor Told Me About My Budding...
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Iron Man Boxes Amoda To A Corner

 

IN its first commentary on the American movie series, Iron Man exactly three years ago (ARTSVILLE, MAY 30, 2010), this column argued that the producers owed copyright fees to Olu Amoda, the Nigerian metal...
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Achebe Was The Most Important Figure In Modern African Literature Development — Ngugi

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NgugiNGUGI wa Thiong’o is a renowned Kenyan writer. The author of popular works such as Weep Not Child, which is the first English novel in Kenya; The River Between; A Grain of Wheat; Petals of Blood; Devil on the Cross; Matigari; Wizard of the Crow...
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