IN MEMORIAM: OMOSEYE BOLAJI (1964-2022)
By Chimurenga / June 7, 2022
We remember Nigerian-born writer, Omoseye Bolaji (1964-2022), and his immense contribution to the growth of African literature in South Africa, and particularly in the Free State, where he lived.
CHIMURENGA@20: MONDAY BLUES FOR SANDILE DIKENI
By Chimurenga / June 6, 2022
The most recent episode of Stories About Music in Africa is Monday Blues for Sandile Dikeni
In conversation with Omoseye Bolaji
By Chimurenga / June 7, 2022
In the Free State, the most important and pivotal figure in local black literature has been OMOSEYE BOLAJI. Pule Lechesa spoke with him about his awards, general grassroots writing in the Free State, and Black Writing in general.
CHIMURENGA@20: THE BARD OF BLOEMFONTEIN
By Chimurenga / October 5, 2020
Achal Prabhala goes to the heart of the Free State literary renaissance with the “deliberately mysterious and prodigiously talented” Omoseye Bolaji.
CHIMURENGA@20: SISTER OUTSIDER
By Chimurenga / April 5, 2016
Yemisi Aribisala rails against the new fundamentalism cresting the wave of global feminism sweeping Nigeria. She challenges the gender imperialism implicit in its aspiration to uniform ideas of celebrity, power, erudition and beauty.
CHIMURENGA@20: WHEN YOU KILL US, WE RULE!
By Chimurenga / June 7, 2022
In 1996, Keziah Jones visited Kalakuta Republic every day for a week to interview Fela Anikulapo Kuti. On the fifth day, after waiting six hours, Keziah got to speak with Fela, who he remarked kept you in “constant and direct eye contact” and spoke “in short bursts of baritone.”
Notes for an Oratorio on small things that fall
By Chimurenga / May 23, 2022
Aditi Hunma reviews the launch of Notes for an Oratorio on Small Things That Fall, the latest offering from Ari Sitas