Truths and Deeds!

Throw backs at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Moments with Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and other shots with engineers from Barcelona. Working with the later was a whole new 'software' experience. Posted via Blogaway

The story of the Nigerian creative writer is different and often pitiful, hence his battles and challenges. Both the published and the upcoming are seldom encouraged or supported. The sort of attention paid to those in the field of Journalism is quite different from that which is paid to a creative writer. Unlike in the western world where the writer does not experience this sort of disadvantage but for the support from their government and other organizations, in terms of the monetary percentage that the government sets aside for published authors and their works. In Nigeria, the government and organizations are too busy with their own affairs to spare time and funds for writers. When a Nigerian writes and manages to publish, the next challenge becomes how to distribute and sell. There are no clear distribution channels. The writer is then forced to move from location to location in trying to attract sales. The audience also present another dead end. They hardly ever buy. Nigerians

“In Africa there is a concept known as Ubuntu – the profound sense that we are human only through the humanity of others...'” — Nelson Mandela My heart goes out to Paris. I call on world leaders to work for and with Paris to bring to justice the terror group responsible for the simultaneous and coordinated attack on Paris. As a result, many lives have been lost, many are wounded and without homes. We must all join with European Union, African Union, World Health Organization, Human Rights Watch, and among world bodies to condemn these attacks. Many thanks to volunteers who have rushed to offer their help to those in Paris. Hear a 12-year-old Paris attack survivor speak cnn.it/1kWql0k Also see what the world is doing for #Paris aje.io/lmxa cnn.it/1kWcZF Posted via Blogaway