The Arts-Muse Fair

Title: I Wrote This for You. Author: Samira Haruna Sanusi. Page Count: 94. Publisher: Word, Rhyme and Rhythm, Abuja. Due for release on: August 19, 2017.       Reviewer: Nana Sule I wrote this for you starts as little droplets of beautifully woven words before gradually building to a rain of encouragement. Every now and then, alternating between the first person narrative and the second person, one sees pain through the eyes of the writer, and feels the torture of all that she has been through. Written as a collection of poems and quotes, the first and most noticeable strength is the clever wordplay that survived till the last page. The poems, seem unknowingly divided into four parts, although it is unclear if this was the Writers’ original intention or if by some literary miracle, the poems aligned in poetry heaven. The first set of poems talked about the acceptance of pain, in all its ramifications, emphasizing the need to let pain break and heal one.

GENRE: DRAMA                                                                                                                             AUTHOR: JIBRIN BALA  JIBRIN PUBLISHER: IMAGE PUBLISHERS REVIEWER: TUNJI OLADIRAN As history is a potent tool in the hands of most historians, playwrights or literary artists also consider history as essential material for the re-creation of   experiences, interpretation of the people’s history, re-inforce societal values, promote ideological predilections and to pass comment on situations in various societies. For instance, we have playwrights like Late Professor Ola Rotimi who explores the history of the 19th century Yoruba war in his Kurunmi and the Benin Massacre in the play, Ovoranwen Nogbaisi while Osofisan re-creates Moremi in his Morountodun, a legend in the history of the Yoruba. Granted that drama is always the reflection of culture and, it is not out of place to mention the Aristotelian dictum that playwrigh

THE BEAUTY OF SCENT: A review of Scented Buds. Reviewer: Musa M.C Yunusa Genre: Anthology of Poems & Short stories No. of pages: 50 Publisher: Flash Publishers, Kano Year of publication: 2017 Scent is beauty. The beauty that rules a certain psychological inclination we often have with the society. Thus, making us feel the crawl of incompleteness when not garbed in a "sweet smell" that registers our presence and gives us a distinct stance amongst friends and foes alike. An Indian mystic known as Ramakrishna once said that, "the fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent that comes from itself". In a bid to reach perfection, Artists in some cases could distort an art work which pleases the taste buds of connoisseurs only to bring forth an image deeply buried in their minds alone. The beauty of the sea is in its ripples but we are often thrilled by its calmness. Scented buds is an anthology of poems and short