A Violent Enterprise
May 11, 2022
British colonialism casts a long shadow over modern Nigeria.
Adewale Maja-Pearce
Adewale Maja-Pearce is the author of a number of books. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.
Sorrow, Tears, and Blood
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a Nigerian police unit, was formed in Lagos State in 1992. This was a period when the country was reeling from massive inflation, triggered by the devaluation of the naira, part of the IMF-inspired structural adjustment program pushed ...
Death of a Poet
November 27, 2020
The peculiar tragedy of J P Clark-Bekederemo.
Johannesburg Blues
October 9, 2020
Ivan Vladislavić’s characters are lost in the new South Africa.
A Writer for the Masses
June 9, 2020
The illuminating hackwork of Cyprian Ekwensi.