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Forget Medicine,
Literature is the Thing
In June 2008, I took
my family to visit a friend. We were not the only
visitors in the house of our friend that day. The
daughter of one of the visitors took my camera from
me and began taking lots of photographs. She was 6
maybe 7 years old. When she returned the camera to
me, I was astonished at how wonderful the
photographs she had taken were. I did not hesitate
to commend her for a job well done. The girl’s
mother was very proud and said she had a very strong
feeling her daughter would become a photographer. I
was going to second that, but I kept my mouth firmly
shut when the girl’s father – a Medical Doctor
reprimanded his wife for mouthing such an
abomination. He asked his wife if she felt their
daughter was incapable of becoming a doctor or an
accountant.
Full Editor's note>>
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Benjamin Beresford is one of the four
fiction writers featured in this issue of SLQ with
his story, "The
Clinic." The other three are
Angela Nwosu "Mindscape",
Abayomi Zuma "The
Manual", Gregory
Lawson "The
Interesting Case of Joseph Sangala". |
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Akinlabi Peter
walls of cactuses, a dark path:
an invasion of shadows
announces identities of arms and
whispers
A Walk on the
Plateau>>
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Lola Shoneyin
After So
All the Time I was Sitting on an Egg and Song of a
Riverbird. Shoneyin's third collection of poems; For
the Love of Flight is due for release in October.
Three poems from For the Love of Flight>>
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Don
Pedro Obaseki
Playwright, Theatre & Film Director
Obaseki talks to Nnorom Azuonye about his work and
Nollywood.
Interview>>
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POETRY COMPETITION |
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The Sentinel Literary
Quarterly Poetry Competition (July 2009)
is now open for entries.
Andy
Willoughby and Bob
Beagrie will judge.
Learn more>> |
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