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If you liked my essay about Hausa names then you should read this where I wrote about how Indian films became so popular in northern Nigeria, its effect on Hausa films, its influence on Muslim weddings in the north and its connection to Hausa novels sometimes called soyayya novels. Indian Nights and Hausa Mornings, by @elnathan_john open.substack.com/pub/elnathanjo…

The Battleground for Language Survival: An Interview with Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún - The more corpora available in a language, the more resilient it becomes. asymptotejournal.com/blog/2026/03/2…

Pius Adesanmi - Seven Years On thearthubng.com/pius-adesanmi-…

Pius Adesanmi (1972–2019): Seven years on…An in memoriam and a meditation on an unfinished life thelagosreview.ng/pius-adesanmi-…

Check out AN EXEMPLARY LIFE: BIODUN JEYIFO filmfreeway.com/ANEXEMPLARYLIF…

World Theatre Day 2026: AfTA Affirms Commitment To Diversity, Dynamism ntm.ng/2026/03/25/wor… #AfTA_News

Happy World Theatre Day 2026! This year’s theme, ‘Theatre: A Culture of Peace’, speaks to the heart of African performance traditions where storytelling & community nurture dialogue, empathy, and reconciliation. #WorldTheatreDay #AfTA #AfricanTheatre #CultureOfPeace

I'm putting the final thoughts to my collection of poems. 'Liturgies' will be released soon. Very excited about the 40 poems on life sanctuaries.

A Conversation with Playwright Zodwa Nyoni | African Performance Review apr.african-theatre.org/index.php/apr/…

Review of Wole Soyinka: Literature, Activism, And African Transformation by Bola Dauda and Toyin Falola | African Performance Review apr.african-theatre.org/index.php/apr/…

The Relentless Voice of African Theatre: Athol Fugard | African Performance Review apr.african-theatre.org/index.php/apr/…

Mbongeni Ngema: A Theatre of Resistance, Rhythm, and Reckoning (10 May 1955 - 27 December 2023) | African Performance Review apr.african-theatre.org/index.php/apr/…

Far From Divinity and Malevolence: Agency in Afi Gbegbi's Life and Drama Soeurs d'ange | African Performance Review apr.african-theatre.org/index.php/apr/…

Fractures and Fissures: Aesthetics of Redress in Contemporary Postcolonial African Theatre | African Performance Review apr.african-theatre.org/index.php/apr/…

Call For Participants | African Theatre Association annual conference, Tshwane University, South Africa apr.african-theatre.org/index.php/apr/…

His photo, in repose, in Ibadan last week transported a chill to the spine. Prof Biodun Jeyifo was not made for silence, as he seemed in that terminal state in his casket. Only the first days of this year.., we gathered at Muson Centre to serenade him. thenationonlineng.net/a-secular-prie…

“A Mind Made of Light”: A Memorial Essay for Harry Olúdáre Garuba (1958–2020) femiosofisan.wordpress.com/2026/03/11/a-m…

In honour of my doctoral supervisor, Prof Biodun Jeyifo, who was laid to rest this week in Ibadan, Nigeria, his favourite quotation. It used to be on his door, goes on mine now: "So distribution should undo excess, / And each man have enough." (King Lear, Act 4, Scene 1).

Dual Sovereignties: The Obaseki–Palace Rivalry and the Afterlife of the 1897 Invasion femiosofisan.wordpress.com/2026/02/27/dua…

Rethinking Nigeria’s Police Structure: Why Reform Can No Longer Wait ntm.ng/2026/02/26/ret…