Toni Morrison’s God Bless The Child
Chief among the preoccupations of God Bless The Child is skin shade: a slight variation from the skin colour that […]
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Man Booker Prize Series: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma’s
Prefacing a book or the chapters within with proverbs and quotes could be a way of paying homage or unifying
Theater
Lenny Henry in Educating Rita, Chichester Festival Theater
Lenny Henry’s rebirth as a stage and screen actor is as surprising as it is admirable. By taking on Othello
Theater
Obama-ology, Finborough Theater
Talks of an Obama biopic have been dismissed as too hasty – the cinematic equivalent of burial rites performed in
Theater
Newcomer Juma Sharkan as the ‘Liberian Girl’ Soldier is a Revelation”, Royal Court Theater
Liberian Girl is about a 14-year-old called Martha set during the second Liberian civil war (1999 – 2003) which brought
Theater
Royale at Bush Theater, London
It is often proof of a show’s strength that only after it ends is one free from its power to
Theater
Play Mas at Orange Tree Theater
There is a very telling scene in Mustapha Matura’s stage production Play Mas when Samuel (Seun Shote), an apprentice tailor,
Literature
Okey Ndibe’s The Foreign Gods Inc
The friction between white colonists and indigenous Africans has been covered extensively, not least in the works of masters like
Theater
True Brits at Vault Festival
Until a criteria on who is British is agreed upon, the question “who is British?” may never be fully answered.
Literature
Unstitching the Ties that Bind: Ghana Must Go, by Taiye Selasi
Ghana-Must-GoTaiye Selasi gets full marks for swimming against the currents of fiction published by African writers, though “writer of African