Weep Not, Child – Ngugi wa Thiong’o : A Review
The introduction of the book, written by Ben Okri, author of “The Famished Road”, is perhaps the one of the best and most appealing introductions ever written for a literary piece…
Writers in Africa
An Interview With The Tribesman Of The Week
Tobenna is a member of TVO Tribesmen community, a student in the prestigious University of Ibadan and also the latest tribesman of the week…
Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!
It’s been a year since the dawn of the tribe. Like the rising of the sun the dream was birthed to build a community of creatives to reflect the African narrative…
Tribe Conversations : Books We Wish We Had Written
Tribe conversations are usually a blast! Join the tribesmen and the community manager, Zoltan as we discuss some beautiful works of literature..
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE TRIBESMAN OF THE WEEK.
Tribesmen hello!!! Meet the man behind some of the beautiful poems we had in the Tribe house last week. Wanualom an amazing writer who emerged as the tribesman of the week. He is an alumnus of Benue state University in Nigeria and a graduate of English language…
TVO POETRY SLAM UPDATE
We came out of the sea,
The sun adorning our skin,
We rose above its tide,
We took it for our ride…..and thus continued the magic that was birthed at our poetry slam!
7 African French Authors You Should Know
African French writers are serving up hot stuff and we thought you should meet some of them.
1. Alain Mabanckou – Congo.
Alain Mabanckou is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of the Congo, he is currently a Professor of Literature at UCLA. He is best known for his novels and non-fiction writing depicting the experience of contemporary Africa and the African diaspora in France.
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3 books by African authors to be released this year.
There are a lot of books by African authors to be released but we have selected the top three guaranteed to leave you panting and wanting for more. Enjoy, in anticipation.
Logical Progressions in Writing- Sequel to Tips on Writing for beginners.
Gathering and Arranging researched information for representation in an article might come in easy for some people, but for some of us, it might not come in that easy.
Every essay or article should gradually present the points of the author in a logical and reasonable sense and most of the time in sober articles, I found out that the author actually had a point but lost focus in presenting it reasonably for the audience. So I decided to help. How?
Read on…
Tips on Writing for Beginners!
Topic Angle: If you are given a topic for an article or any write-up whatsoever, your subject should take a particular angle of expression, which you are supposed to find before doing your research. Why? So there