Books, arts, and more books. This is a note, to break the silence, to explain it, maybe. First, apologies for the long hiatus. We have been away for a while, our last post was on October 29, 2012. We have been away, drowned in other things, experienced new roles, learnt from them, yet this blog has been, and is still, close to our hearts. It has been an interesting journey, since the first post. Picture courtesy of Ranch Ehrlo Society.

Three African books have been shortlisted for.

I am in Nigeria coming up on the third month of my 9-month stay here. Living at the University of Ibadan with a host family, I am here with five other University of Wisconsin students studying the Yoruba language. I am keeping a blog for my endeavors in Nigeria called North of Lagos.

But that was the old me, you get older, you grow. Sunday, November 3, 2013. The strong do what they can the weak endure what they must. No such thing as justice when you are powerless. - Quote From The Movie. Learn to recognize when oth.

My musings about life, things I observe around me, and the phases I go through as I discover myself, my purpose and my passions. Tuesday, March 27, 2012. She talks about life as she sees it - whether it is relationships, culture, family problems, politics, war and so on. Someone needs to tell he.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011. Crossing Fingers for Adapted Poem. I have my fingers crossed for a piece of good news that could validate my attempt at passing myself off as a creative writer, a poet. Sunday, April 24, 2011. Friday, April 15, 2011. Living and Loving a Foreign Country.

A little after we left Cahokia on Saturday, we headed to the St. Occupying over 2,200 acres of land space near Collinsville, Illinois, is an old Native-American settlement called Cahokia.

A space dedicated to African languages and literature. What of the francophone scene? Here is a selection of news items you may have missed recently. Is the winner of the 2015 Plumes Dorées. Yves Biaou, Annette Bonou.