REGISTER TO BECOME A WRITER IN RESIDENCE!

Are you an inspiring Nigerian writer who is looking for a platform to showcase your writings and make your

REGISTER TO BECOME A WRITER IN RESIDENCE!

Are you an inspiring Nigerian writer who is looking for a platform to showcase your writings and make your way to stardom? This will interest you.  Application is open to emerging writers from all parts of Nigeria with interests in fiction and creative non-fiction to participate in the Portharcourt World Book Capital’s Writers In Residence project.

The city of Portharcourt now in its 3^rd month as UNESCO world Book Capital has launched various programmes to fulfill the mandate as expressed in the winning bid. The Portharcourt writers in residence project will bring together 12 selected writers {published and unpublished} from all over Nigeria to reside in the city of Portharcourt for 3 weeks. Throughout their stay, they are expected to exchange ideas and engage in intense  training sections that will be anchored by seasoned literary professionals. They are also expected to draw inspiration and ideas for new works based on the theme of portharcourt World Book Capital 2014: Books-windows to our world of possibilities, which would be published in an anthology.

TO REGISTER

1 you must be a Nigerian citizen or permanent resident of Nigeria.

2 you must be at least 21 years old

3 write a detailed curriculum vitae of yourself

4 1200-1500 words excerpt from your published or unpublished work

5 include a statement of what you hope to achieve during the residency programme

6 send your Application to wir@portharcourtworldbookcapital.org or visit their website to submit @ www.portharcourtworldbookcapital.org

Hurry up because the closing date is 22^nd August 2014, so don’t let this opportunity pass you by.

All enquiries should be addressed to wir@portharcourtworldbookcapital.org or via telephone on 08023187731.

I wish you best of luck.

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REGISTER TO BECOME A WRITER IN RESIDENCE!

Are you an inspiring Nigerian writer who is looking for a platform to showcase your writings and make your way to stardom? This will interest you.  Application is open to emerging writers from all parts of Nigeria with interests in fiction and creative non-fiction to participate in the Portharcourt World Book Capital’s Writers In Residence project.

The city of Portharcourt now in its 3^rd month as UNESCO world Book Capital has launched various programmes to fulfill the mandate as expressed in the winning bid. The Portharcourt writers in residence project will bring together 12 selected writers {published and unpublished} from all over Nigeria to reside in the city of Portharcourt for 3 weeks. Throughout their stay, they are expected to exchange ideas and engage in intense  training sections that will be anchored by seasoned literary professionals. They are also expected to draw inspiration and ideas for new works based on the theme of portharcourt World Book Capital 2014: Books-windows to our world of possibilities, which would be published in an anthology.

TO REGISTER

1 you must be a Nigerian citizen or permanent resident of Nigeria.

2 you must be at least 21 years old

3 write a detailed curriculum vitae of yourself

4 1200-1500 words excerpt from your published or unpublished work

5 include a statement of what you hope to achieve during the residency programme

6 send your Application to wir@portharcourtworldbookcapital.org or visit their website to submit @ www.portharcourtworldbookcapital.org

Hurry up because the closing date is 22^nd August 2014, so don’t let this opportunity pass you by.

All enquiries should be addressed to wir@portharcourtworldbookcapital.org or via telephone on 08023187731.

I wish you best of luck.

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DREADLOCKS IS A BLACKMAN'S CULTURE-Ras Kimono

in a recent interview by The Punch, Ras kimono who describes himself simply as rastaman also gave his opinion about dreadlocks and shaving of hair.

This are his quotes from that interview

“Rasta is a different thing from reggae. Dreadlocks more of a black man’s culture. The black man used to live this way until the white man came with his comb and mirror and wanted us to look like him. So dreadlock is the black man’s own way of living”

“A lot of us don’t know about the history of the black man. In the Bible, the book of Numbers says ‘leave the hair of your head long and lux’ this is the way God created us and we are applying what is written in the Bible to our daily lives”

“I have been like this {not shaved my hair} since 1980 and I have never shaved it once. I have also been a vegetarian from that period too.”

“The truth is that Nigeria has only been changing from good to bad and bad to worst. Some say the military is the cause of our problems while some say the politicians are to blame. But I feel things were working better during the military era. Now that politicians came with democracy, what we have is just everybody running crazy. Its total madness”

THE QUESTION

So should we return to the military era?

 

BATTLE OF THE YEAR CHAMPIONSHIP IS HERE AGAIN!

This goes out to all the dancers and dance lovers in Nigeria! The Battle of the Year Championship is here again. This year’s event will feature:

Bboy crew showcases and battles ffrom the best B-boy crews in Nigeria. The winning rew will represent Nigeria at the 2014 Battle of the year Worl finals in Braunschweig, Germany.

Break beats to be provided by DJ OZ and DJ Funky Jay. Special Guest Appearance by Cool DJ Jimmy Jatt, Mode 9, DJ Sose, Illbliss, Splash  and many more.

The event will be hosted by Overdose and Dotun of Cool Fm

Date: Sunday 24^th August 2014

Venue: Indoor Sports Hall, University of Lagos.

Time: 2pm

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WHY NKEM OWOH TOUCHED MY BOOBS-Anita Joseph

The actress who is mostly known for her controversial nature, Anita joseph was recently interviewed by showtime celebrity and she had many things to say about her personal life, career and the movie industry.

What have you been up to?

Work work work….movies and music but I’m still recording

How many movies have you done so far?

The one that just came out is Akpabio, the Calabar Boy. Then, there is ‘hips Don’t Lie, Festival of Village Girls, Wannabe Girls, Who Runs The Village, Twins Blood, and lots of others. I can’t really count.

What is your style of music?

I do Hip-hop, I do slow songs, blues, I do every kind of music.

Which songs have you done this year?

I’ve done Long Time and Go Gaga

You and Afrocandy were recently seen together, are you guys doing a movie?

Yes, we are. We’ve not done the job yet. She just did the an audition and I was invited over to help in the casting. We did an audition at Excellence Hotel so I went there to help her cast and I’n part of the movie too.

Is it a porn movie?

God forbid, its an African movie. Afrocandy does other movies too. The one she’s going to do soon is an epic movie like a village kind of movie. Then the other one is another kind of movie, we call it Glamour. Glamour is the one you have many rich people but the other one is the village one. It is not a porn movie, don’t mind what people are saying. I assure you its not porn. Anita cannot do porn. You know why I cant do porn? Because the money will finish but the movie wont go.

Do you believe Nigerians are hypocritical about sex?

Oh yes they are, some of them do worse things behind close doors. So don’t judge me. I do what I want to do but cant do porn. Anita is crazy, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I cant do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I cant do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I cant do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I cant do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I cant do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I cant do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I cant do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I cant do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I cant do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I can’t do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I can’t do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I can’t do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I can’t do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I can’t do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I can’t do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I can’t do, Anita is this, Anita is that, but I can’t do porn.

Can you do sex in a movie?

No, I can’t

There was a movie I saw you, where Nkem Owoh was touching your boobs, what movie was that?

That movie was The Gamblers. In the script, they said he was supposed to touch my breasts, we have to make it real so I gave him my breasts to touch and that thing blew people’s minds. That was the whole idea, he touched it for real.