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Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima (also widely known by his pen name Orikinla Osinachi) is a multi-talented Nigerian author, prize-winning writer, publisher, filmmaker, and digital media entrepreneur. He is recognized as one of Africa's most prolific bloggers and an influential documentarian of the Nigerian film industry (Nollywood). Profile Overview Major Contributions & Literary Works Nollywood Documentation:   He is the founder and publisher of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® SERIES, a globally distributed book series on Amazon that chronicles the historic evolution of Nigerian cinema. Published Books:  He has written several books across various genres, including: The Prophet Lied (Poetry) Children of Heaven Scarlet Tears of London Bye, Bye Mugabe In the House of Dogs The Victory of Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Dream. https://www.amazon.com/author/ekenyerengozimichaelchima Blogging & Journalism:  He manages multiple high-profile blogs and platforms, including Nigerians R...

  The second edition of the  NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series, the first book series on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry is the most beautiful book on the phenomenal first indie film industry in Africa and has the largest film production of movies on continent. The book in full colour with glossy paper is the first publication of the first Nigerian actors in "Palaver", the first feature film shot in Nigeria in 1926 by the Academy Award winning English filmmaker and military officer, Geoffrey Barkas; the beauty queens of Nollywood and Kannywood and the celebration of life Fair and White beauty pageant with the most celebrated icons of  beauty, fashion and lifestyle in the Nigerian society making this special second edition of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series a collector's edition. The book series is printed in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America and distributed by Amazon, Barnes and Noble and other booksellers. #books #series #nollywood #kannywood #academyaward #...

Prof. Wole Soyinka and Prof. Chinua Achebe, the great titans of modern African Literature. The following news should not surprise those who are close to Kongi. Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has backed his literary colleague, Prof. Chinua Achebe, in the raging controversy over the roles of some prominent Nigerians during the Nigerian civil war. Soyinka, in an interview published in The Telegraph of London, but obtained by THISDAY yesterday, said the Igbo were victims of genocide during the three-year civil war, which was fought to break up Nigeria. Achebe had stirred the hornet's nest in his civil war memoir, "There Was A Country", when among others, he accused wartime Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon and the then Finance Minister, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, of carrying out a genocide against the Igbo. The claim has generated considerable controversy, with many commentators accusing Achebe of re-writing history. Click here for the complete report . Twee...

Chinua Achebe Thank God for Nigerian writers for producing great works of world class literature winning prizes competing with the best in the world unlike other Nigerians in other disciplines who continue to lag behind. Even though the quality of education in Nigerian schools at all levels is pathetic, Nigerian writers have been able to overcome the challenges of corruption, maladministration and insecurity to produce great writings in prose, poetry and drama of these interesting times. Wole Soyinka Over 200 novels have been presented to the panel of judges for the 2012 Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by the Nigeria LNG Limited. And our new books have been receiving high ratings among highly esteemed literary critics in America and the UK. I wish Nigerians in music, movies, economics, academics, sports and other occupations can do the same to make Nigeria proud. Helen Oyeyemi Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie Our movies are still substandard B movies, and now two Nigerian writers have ...

Adeleke “Mai Nasara” Adeyemi, author, The Missing Clock , winner of the 2011 Nigeria Prize for Literature lifting up his trophy at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos on February 6, 2012, with the Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka standing behind on the stage. Meet Me at the Library: Getting Nigeria to Book a Date with Development. Being a speech by Adeleke “Mai Nasara” Adeyemi, author, The Missing Clock : Winner, The Nigeria Prize for Literature , 2011; delivered at Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Victoria Island, Lagos on February 6, 2012, at Public Presentation and Award Ceremony, hosted by Nigeria LNG Ltd. Protocols A certain 18th century English poet woke up one day and penned the following words: “Hope springs eternal in the human breast”. I am not sure what Alexander Pope was thinking about that particular day but I know he was right about the human heart and its penchant for hope. It was sheer hope that drove me to ...

New App Library for online learning platform BERGEN, 8th November 2011, PRNewswire/ — Learning platform provider itslearning is to launch a newly revamped App Library to make teaching and learning applications available to teachers and students directly through the cloud-based platform. itslearning’s App Library contains a variety of free and paid teaching and learning apps that teachers use to improve their teaching. Using an open system similar to Apple’s App Store, the itslearning App Library enables any person or company to easily develop and add an app to the library for free. According to Roger Stjernberg, global business development manager at itslearning, the open platform will give teachers and students access a wider variety of apps than ever before. "A few other learning platforms include apps from third-party developers, but these use a closed system that restricts who can add apps. The itslearning App Library is different,” says Roger. “We’ve taken a leaf out of the m...

The largely unknown and unsung Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer was the surprising winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature . Most of us are ignorant of this 80-year old Swedish poet whose poems have been translated into more than 60 languages so far. One of his latest books is The Deleted World . Two truths approach each other. One comes from inside, the other from outside, and where they meet we have a chance to catch sight of ourselves. ~ Tomas Transtromer Press Release Bio-bibliography Congratulate the New Nobel Laureate Videos from the Prize Announcement Video Interview with Tomas Tranströmer Five Poems by Tomas Tranströmer The Half-Finished Heaven: The Best Poems of Tomas Tranströmer The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems Tomas Transtromer: Selected Poems, 1954-1986 ...