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In 2024, shortly after The Mind of a Hero came out, I was looking for ways to create some buzz and make some noise about my book, so my team and I went to the streets and made a short documentary-style video, where we go around asking strangers this same question: if Nigerians read or […]

THE $100K Prize: NLNG NIGERIA PRIZE FOR LITERATURE The world owes you nothing. But what happens when you keep swinging and the stars do not just align for you? I get it. It could be a little frustrating, especially when you find it difficult to see beyond the specific goal you set for yourself. Have

How important is Greeting to Africans? The act of greeting is a universal concept. In Africa, greeting is more than just a polite expression of good will. Greeting in Africa signifies friendship, honour, and respect. Respect devoid of greeting is an incomplete respect. View greeting as the lubricant that smoothens relationships and human interactions. Although

Could there be Some Mystic Connection to Creativity, and Artistic Prowess? Some people secretly believe that some kind of supernatural influence inspires people to create, invent, and to produce. They might be right or wrong, because to most people, there is really no concrete evidence to prove that. It doesn’t matter what they create; whether

Could there be Similarities to what caused The Nigerian Civil War and the American Civil War? How Our World is Build on War Since the beginning of the world till now, nations fight against each other. Looking back during the dark age, even before the birth of Christ, when men were almost as primitive as

A hero (female: heroine) is a man who is distinguished by his outstanding courage, and bravery. It could also be someone whom others look up to and admire for the things he has done, and for his extreme level of accomplishments and greatness.  There are specific exceptional qualities that characterized a hero. It is true

The Mind of a hero, a novel by Chinonso Aguzie is a historical fiction set in the eighteenth century about the traditions, spirituality, masculinity, religion, and the sociocultural life of African society in the precolonial era. The novel uses Umumbara, a small village settlement in Igboland in the eastern part of Nigeria as a template

(From Africans Perspective) Imagine living in a world where you are always judged by the color of your skin, where no one would never believe in you because you are called black, a person of color—even though black is technically not a color. It’s not as if their distrust and disbelieve in your abilities is

1880s, the gilded age, was the time when the world experienced an enormous economic growth and prosperity. At the time, the second industrial revolution was at the high point even though America was just recovering from the trauma that came from their civil war. Europe just like America, was experiencing an exceptional industrial development and