Odega Shawa

Political opposition in Nigeria has evolved over the years, in some aspects for good, in other aspects for bad. From the Niger Delta and the mantles of the Creek Generals to Aso Rock and the cabals in power, from Lord Lugard to Buhari, from Old Oyo Empire to the resurrection of the Biafran agitation, from Gowon to Ojukwu - what exactly is the problem with Nigeria? The part that both violent and peaceful political opposition has played in the transformation Nigeria's destiny is the issue examined in this book. Is there any hope for the future? The illustrations presented here answers this question in the most decisive manner.

Sparks - and blood - fly when a young girl's tall dreams come face to face with the animal brutality of a powerful celebrity icon. But is he too subtle to be exposed and too powerful for justice? Hello, Vagina examines the reality of society's rape culture as viewed from the point of the lowest slum scum to the highest corridors of power and government, set in an urban jungle that is now metaphor for a new sad tradition. The story illuminates the accepted but twisted norms that revitalizes this rape culture and the litter of voiceless and powerless victims that must now speak inside one girl's power, or be silenced forever.

Onyeka Nwelue and Odega Shawa edit an anthology to mark Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka's 84th birthday. There are over 60 poems from young poets celebrating this giant of African literature.