The Arts-Muse Fair

GENRE: DRAMA                                                AUTHOR: JIBRIN BALA  JIBRIN PUBLISHER: IMAGE PUBLISHERS REVIEWER: TUNJI OLADIRAN The play, The Snuff Snub in Somanzhi , shows that the Nigerian landscape where writers live is naturally prone to various problems ranging from socio-cultural, political, moral, divorce and extra-marital affairs. Therefore, playwrights are extrinsically motivated to transcribe their visual shorthand into dramatic forms and this they do because they are products of the contemporary ‘sins’ of their immediate environments. In effect, their credo or artistic consciousness reflects the experiences in human life. In the play, the theme of forced marriage continues to fester like a sore and this reveals the socio-cultural and immoral behavioral practices in the larger society. The mentality of those forced into marriage becomes severed, their perception of marriage suffers and in many cases, they flee from their

While some people may argue with the naturality of these photos, t his 16 year old photographer is doing what he terms PHO(NE)TOGRAPHY, which to him is capturing life in its true form through the lens of his phone.   He's got a collection which he hopes to publish into an album.   We present to the public some of Mubarak's works so we could all see life from the probing eyes of the lad. Although the young pho(ne)tographer is already having his photos watermarked with " Mubys Reign ", we are keen to see where his reign will take us. Come and see! Lonely life Not too young to lead Ruination Stagnation Innocence Citizen   Mubarak Muhammad was born on the 11th of August 1999. He had his Primary education in Sokoto and his Secondary school education at Decs New College Minna. Upon completion of his secondary education, he joined the Arts Centre of the Hilltop Creative Arts Foundation after being convinced b