Chuks Oluigbo
Chuks E. Oluigbo is the Co-ordinator of Mbari Literary Society, an association of writers and literary critics in Owerri, Imo State. He writes poetry, prose, and occasionally, drama. A graduate of History and English (first class honours) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and History and International Studies (Master of Arts) of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, he is currently making a thriving career in journalism and general media practice. He strongly believes that Nigerian, and indeed African Literature can still get better.
Entries by this Author
Younger Nigerian Writers Have Better Chances Than We Had - Helon Habila
- By Chuks Oluigbo
- Published July 26, 2010
- Profiles & Interviews
-
Rating:
Writing is very very hard, you know. But I think, as a teacher, one understands that what one is looking for, like I said, is promise, and one understands how hard it is for young people here, either because they are not exposed, either because they have not read a lot of writers, either because they have not had the chance, or even some because maybe they did not have a degree in Literature or English... - Helon HabilaThe Relevance of Arts To Practical Living - By Chuks Oluigbo
- By Chuks Oluigbo
- Published July 20, 2010
- Features
- Unrated
In developed economies of the world where the basic necessities of life seem to have been met, the question as to whether the arts are relevant or not to practical living is no longer an issue. Thousands of American citizens would troop down to the auditorium in Bard College to hear Chinua Achebe's reading of his Things Fall Apart, not minding that they have heard the same reading over and over again, not minding that the book is over fifty years old...I see a very bright future for Nigerian Literature - Prof. Akachi Ezeigbo
- By Chuks Oluigbo
- Published February 2, 2010
- Profiles & Interviews
-
Rating:
There is no doubt that many people are not writing well. And they are not writing well because they are impatient. You see, writing is not all about producing a manuscript and rushing to the publisher or the printing press to print it out. There is a kind of programme that any work must pass through for it to come out well... - Prof. Akachi EzeigboChasing After Shadows: A Review of Maik Nwosu’s ‘Alpha Song’
- By Chuks Oluigbo
- Published January 24, 2010
- Reviews
- Unrated
Like Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus, Maik Nwosu's Alpha Song re-enacts the motif of the knowledge-seeker. It is a story of insatiable quest, of man’s endless search for meaning, for the true essence of life. But it is a futile search. No one ever finds it. Everything ends in disillusionment...