Friday, July 26, 2024

Reviewer: Su’eddie Vershima Agema

Su’eddie Vershima Agema is an award winning poet, editor and development worker. He can be reached by email at eddieagema@yahoo.com, @sueddieagema on Twitter. He blogs at https://sueddie.wordpress.com and https://sevhagereviews.wordpress.com.
By Su’eddie Vershima Agema Title: Footmarks: Poems on One Hundred Years of Nigeria’s Nationhood Editors: Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo and Naza Amaeze Okoli Publisher: ICS Services Limited Number of pages: 332 Year of publication: 2014 Category: Poetry Nigeria marked a century since...
By Su’eddie Vershima Agema Title: A Rare Blue Bird Flies with Me Author: Youssef Fadel Translator: Jonathan Smolin Publisher: Hoopoe Number of pages: 235 Year of publication: 2016 Category: Fiction Youssef Fadel’s A Rare Blue Bird Flies with Me is...

From Nigeria to the World with Love: A Review of Route 234

By Su'eddie Vershima Agema Title: Route 234 Editor: Pelu Awofeso Publisher: Homestead Media Number of pages: 212 Year of publication: 2016 Category: Travel Travel writing is an exciting sub-genre...

Of Paths and Destiny: A Review of Bizuum Yadok’s King of the Jungle

By Su'eddie Vershima Agema Title: King of the Jungle Author: Bizuum Yadok Publisher: Kraftgriots Number of pages: 271 Year of publication: 2014 Category: Fiction The path of one’s life is inscribed on one’s...

Cruel Bites of Insanity

By Su'eddie Vershima Agema Title: Bites of Insanity Author: Nsah Mala Publisher: Langaa RPCIG Number of pages: 115 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Poetry The African pen is a weapon of protest against societal ills....

Fifty Poems of a Nigerian Century

By Su'eddie Vershima Agema Title: Poems for a Century: An Anthology on Nigeria Editor: Tope Omoniyi Publisher: Amalion Publishing Number of pages: 79 Year of publication: 2014 Category: Poetry Anthologies of diverse works by different writers...

More than Faces: A Review of Born on a Tuesday

By Su'eddie Vershima Agema Title: Born on a Tuesday Author: Elnathan John Publisher: Cassava Republic Press Number of pages: 263 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction ‘For the...

To Be or Become: A View of Lagos through an Oyibo’s Black Nyash

By Su'eddie Vershima Agema Title: Blackass Author: A Igoni Barrett Publisher: Kachifo Limited Number of pages: 302 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction When the bare arse has been seen, what remains for a man to...

Of Transitions, Agendas and Bad Balls: Thoughts on Hamid Qabbal’s The Road to Mogador

By Su’eddie Vershima Agema Title: The Road to Mogador Author: Hamid Qabbal Publisher: Editions Sefrioui, Essaouira, Morocco Number of pages: 128 Year of publication: 2015 Category: Fiction Hamid Qabbal has balls....

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