“My friends all like the sonorous proverb do we drum the agidigbo; it is the wise who dance to it, and the learned who understand its language.” These are
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The creative industry in Nigeria has come of age. We cannot but salute contributions of practitioners that are still holding forth in that axis. I remember a comedy skit that recently strayed to my phone, involving a mother and her teenage son. She was going through his note books when she asked if the teacher came to class. “So, what did she teach today?” “Aquatic animals”, the boy answered. “What is an aquatic animal?” the mother asked. “Aquatic animals are animals that come from Akwa Ibom!” It was quite creative from the perspective of a comedy skit. But if that was to be your ward in a real conversation, you won’t laugh it off. You’d be immensely worried and start looking for a proper school.