Archive for February, 2010
The circumstances of my birth
Defines my space within the space of human existence
You ask why your parents, the ones who screwed each other
So your father could pop a sperm into your mum had to leave so early
We agree that they were of no use to us anyway
Maybe life knew they would play a cruel joke [...]
In the pit of despair
Death calls out to my soul
Dark like midnight
Lonely and icy
My soul is cold
Fear has never been so chilly
My spirit is frozen in motion as death whispers
‘What if you ended it right here and now?
To read the full poem, please go to: The Poetry of Belinda Otas
Been sitting here for an hour, contemplating on what to write about. And so, it comes flooding back, I have a gratitude journal that has become my best friend in the last one year.
I have a page dedicated to stepping out and stepping up, and the first line says, thanks for the rejection, thanks for [...]
Dear Nigeria,
Now that you’re 50 years old, I wish you would wake up and get your act together. It is appalling that you have taken a backseat in the affairs of your life.
I would like to know, what do you have to show for half a century but a convulsed existence laced with a [...]
The Washington Post picked Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani’s, I Do Not Come To You By Chance, as one of its books for 2009. It was recently shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Africa’s Best First Book. When I interviewed her in 2009, Nwaubani told me the idea for the book started with the determination to [...]
There is a song on the soundtrack to the film, Diary Of A Mad Black Woman, titled, Aint It Funny. It is one of my favourite on the album, I never get tired listening to it. Fair to state the song focuses on how life circumstances change with the line, ‘Aint it funny, how life [...]
As always, scouting the web and came across this. It is a nice feeling to know you are appreciated. But when an author of Irene Sabatini’s standing talks about you in her blog, then you truly must believe that your work is good. Sabatini is a brilliant writer
I totally enjoyed reading her book, The Boy [...]
Travelling by any means necessary, from mules to bikes and lorries may not be your ideal adventure but for sisters, Chioma and Oluchi Ogwuegbu, this is the only way to make the dream a reality. I spoke to the formidable sisters whose adventure around Africa made headlines they did not expect when they set out [...]
Are you allowed to call music beautiful? Who cares. Ayo’s music is beautiful. From the opening track to the last one, nothing is missing in my opinion. I have had this album for over a year now but recently, I have been listening to it more than usual. They say songs grow on you but [...]
The first time I bought The Africa Report, I was a student. I picked it up at WH Smith and was instantly drawn to it. It was the first magazine with the sole purpose of telling stories about Africa that I had ever seen inside WH Smith. It was when I went back the following [...]
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