Essays

Easy, Now: Reflections on Tension in Creation by Kay Ugwuede

February 11, 2022 admin 0 Comments

Prelude When we imagine the biblical creation story, we liken the moments before God says let there be light to a blank canvas; a white piece of linen stretched tight over a wooden frame standing on an easel waiting on the artist to come to it with stories, soul, candour, and colour. We liken it…

Reflections on Akinbode’s ‘Wanderings’ by Sheriff Tahiru

April 23, 2021 admin 0 Comments

I write down these thoughts as a continuation of reflections triggered by a podcast conversation between Emeka Okereke and Akinbode Akinbiyi. I was struck deeply by the theme and the terrain their conversation explored – I wonder as I wander. A conversation between creatives is itself a work of art. But this one conversation is…