Chimezie Chika

Oct 4, 2024 | terrain.org | Chimezie Chika |Robert Wrigley

Having travelled far, I came uponMountains of histories,Dead lakes on which libraries are erected  – Jared Angira, Hitch-Hike  IHe met the white woman on a wet night, along a dark alley which he had taken to bypass the crowded Awka Road. The moon in the sky was cut in half, like a tilted gray disc, the weak light from the sky oscillating between full-blown moonlight and soft darkness.

Aug 16, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Wale Lawal |Kechi Nomu |Chimezie Chika |Mobólúwajídìde Joseph

Our latest issue, Nigeria Imaginary, considers the restorative potential of Nigerian art and invites readers to explore the Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale, plus more. Aindrea Emelife on the Meaning of the Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale. The Nigeria Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale brings together artists who are diverse in their styles, influences, affiliations with place, and interpretations of nationhood and history.

Aug 16, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Chimezie Chika |Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

Nigerian writer and author of ‘Ndidi Dike’s Thesis on the Nigerian Condition’, Chimezie Chika believes that fidelity to the quality of work is what makes an artist or artwork timeless: ‘I think art has a lot to do with quality—and I mean quality as substance: the quality of colour, the quality of light, the quality of strokes, the quality of mood, the quality of thought, and the quality of ideas.

May 19, 2024 | republic.com.ng | Wale Lawal |Kechi Nomu |Chimezie Chika |Mobólúwajídìde Joseph

Ndidi Dike, Blackhood: A Living Archive, 2024. Installation view, Nigeria Imaginary at the Nigeria Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. MARCO CAPPELLETI STUDIO / MUSEUM OF WEST AFRICAN ART (MOWAA). Ndidi Dike, Blackhood: A Living Archive, 2024. Installation view, Nigeria Imaginary at the Nigeria Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. MARCO CAPPELLETI STUDIO / MUSEUM OF WEST AFRICAN ART (MOWAA).

Dec 15, 2023 | afrocritik.com | Chimezie Chika |Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera |Nawawi Sani-Deen |Ani Kayode Somtochukwu

FacebookXRedditPinterestEmail For this year, Afrocritik reviews some of the most remarkable short stories published in 2023. By Chimezie Chika and Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera2023 has been a remarkable year for African Literature. This year, African writers published remarkable novels, essays, stories, and plays.