by abubakaradam | Dec 27, 2016 | Book Talk, Thoughts on Things
2016 is the year Nigeria’s “irreverent generation” have taken on literary giants. Wole Soyinka has been infuriated and heckled by social media critics over his vow to tear up his American Green Card should Donald Trump with the US elections. Chinua Achebe has had his...
by abubakaradam | May 17, 2016 | Culture, Thoughts on Things
Over the weekend, hundreds of theatre lovers streamed into Abuja’s Transcorp Hilton for the staging of the much talked-about play, Hear Word! It ended up saying far more than the producers intended. Daily Trust reviews the performance. ‘Hear Word! Naija Women Talk...
by abubakaradam | Jul 17, 2015 | Book Talk, Thoughts on Things
The 16th Caine Prize for African Writing was awarded to Zambia’s Namwali Serpell. In an unusual gesture, Serpell decided to “share the prize” with her fellow shortlistees. What does this gesture mean for the prize? The annual Caine Prize Dinner had moved. A change...
by abubakaradam | Apr 18, 2014 | Thoughts on Things, Uncategorized
Colombian Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, affectionately called Gabo, passed away in Mexico City Thursday April 17, 2014. Sunday Trust’s Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, who is also a 2013 Gabriel Garcia Marquez Fellow, writes about his visit to Gabo’s village, the man...
by abubakaradam | Mar 30, 2014 | Thoughts on Things
By Abubakar Adam Ibrahim (For Hauwa Adam) I wonder how I, so tall now, grew in the warmth of your womb, how you nursed and loved, cleaned and scrubbed and made me safe, made us safe. How I love you, I have not said enough, cannot say enough, because you give without...
by abubakaradam | Aug 7, 2013 | Thoughts on Things
The first I heard of it was from the BBC website. Twenty-nine, they said. Twenty nine school children had been killed in a dawn raid in Mamudo village somewhere in Yobe State. Twenty-nine and one school teacher. I had just returned to my hotel room from a long day of...
