Poem: I Want to Write

I Want to Write
by Kate Iffy Chukwu


I want to write about
so many things
but I don't know where to start
there's much going on
the news each day
like the starving kids
the many earthquakes
the wars everywhere...


I want to write about
so many things
but I don't know where to start
there's much to do
and so little time
but I better start
to write about these things
or else I never will


Copyright (c) Kate Iffy Chukwu 2015

Changing Perceptions...Ten2Teens Magazine Vol.6 coming soon!!!

"In this edition, we talk to a few 16 year olds who received their GCSE results in August. We highlight a few points on low self-esteem which is a common issue that many teens face. We feature 17 year old award winning fashion designer,  Tumi. Ike,a guy who went from being on level 3 in Maths, English and Science to gaining a scholarship to study and play football in the states. We've also featured male and female role models who continue to inspire, success stories, inspirations from around the world, puzzles, wordsearch in some African languages and many more. We continue to share success stories in the UK and around the world with the aim to inspire, empower and encourage."

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Founder and Chief Editor, Ten2Teens Magazine  

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It’s Another Block Buster Movie...Oxford Gardens!!!

This is not a movie review …but Oxford Gardens, is the New Block Buster Movie!!!

Story by Brenda Chidinma Ogbuka, Echobu Garuba & Emil B. Garuba

Screenplay, Produced and Directed by Obi Emelonye

From the stables of The Nollywood Factory and African Magic Original Films, OXFORD GARDENS tells the story of Julius (Ngo Okafor) a down-on his-luck ex-boxer, in search of redemption and  Munachi (Ngozi Thompson Igwebike)  a pretty, bubbly young girl with a dark secret.

Their chance meeting on a park in Oxford Gardens one morning sets in motion an unlikely friendship and an uplifting journey through their respective fears, hopes, faith and love; to a stoic acceptance of what life throws at them.

The slogan for this movie (and it’s actually worth giving a thought) is

 ‘If today was your last day on earth, how would you spend it?’

Filming currently in progress, across different locations in the 

UK (but somehow I felt the need to shout about it!!!)

Scene Photos so far...

crew doing an amazing job

Mr Obi Emelonye @directing

Ng Thompson, going the extra mile!

an office scene 

Ngoli Okafor and Savannah Roy

Ngoli Okafor @ the boxing ring

 

From L-R Princess Abiye, Iffy Chukwu, Nnenna Ani, Ng Thompson








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Cultural Summer Festival, Glasgow, 1st August 2015

My Photos from TINSEL cast ‘MEET AND GREET,’ IKEJA.

Better late than never they say… Haven’t had the slightest chance to post these photos until now! So here you go…

It was really an afternoon of excitement and a different kind of fun at Ikeja Shoprite on the 6^th of June. Some of my favourite stars from one of my favourite Nigerian programmes -TINSELS, delighted their fans (including me, of course) with the opportunity of signing autographs, taking selfies, groupies, answering questions and even giving away of gifts! (I got a pair of green shoes from Gideon Okeke, aka as Phillip Ade-Williams in the soap) hmmmm fancy that!

Other stars included Funlola Aofeyebi Raimi (as iron lady Brenda Mensah), Gbenro Ajibade (as the handsome photographer Soji), Iyke Okechukwu (as Chuks), Florence Okechukwu (as Ene), Linda Ejiofor (as Bimpe), Ann Njemanze (as detective Sankay), Matilda Obaseki (as Angela Dede), Tomi Odunsi (as Salewa), Dozie Onyiriuka (as Freddie), Abiola Segun-Williams (as Titi), Beverley Naya and Taiwo Ajai-Lycett… 

My surprise gift from Gideon Okeke (Phillip Ade-Williams)

Jessica and Gideon Okeke

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Ten2Teens magazine is more than your standard teen celebrity publication. Ten2Teens magazine is a high quality, glossy publication that inspires to change perception of youths between the ages of 10 and 19. We consistently promote, support, educate, encourage and enlighten youths to align themselves in building self-confidence, respect, being resourceful, self-achievement, being positive, being proud of whom they are and going for their dreams.

The theme for our next edition is Self-esteem. Building and Maintaining confidence.

Ten2Teens will feature articles, stories, interviews, role models, fashion tips, books and movie reviews and many more (from all over the world) that explore both the purpose and practical steps to fulfil this theme.

We are planning for a range of interesting features and we need You to fill in a variety of interesting roles including writers, photographer, editors and reporters.

Writers will contribute the contents within the guidelines and brief of the magazine. They will be responsible for ensuring that their contents are submitted before the deadline and responding to any comments from the editors.

We are also looking for more young writers between the ages of 10 and 19. So if know any youths that will be happy to see their writing/idea published, do let us know.

Reporters will conduct interviews of interest to the magazine.

A photographer will be assigned to the reporter to cover the event/interview.

Editors will proof read and edit articles and features. As part of the editorial board, an editor may opt to take on responsibility for a specific area of running the magazines such as sales, advertising, marketing or distribution.

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10 QUESTIONS FOR JUDE IDADA: AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Ten questions conducted by Kate Iffy in Q & A (2015) : Jude Idada

Q. If you could time travel, where would you be right now?

I would like to be in the beginning of human life in its most primitive form. I am intrigued with that time… who were they? How was life then? How did they survive? How did the various races come about?... there are so many hows.

Q. What inspires you?

The little things of life… I am inspired by questions… if I hear a certain kind of laughter, I want to know the whys… why did she laugh? How does she feel laughing?.... the questions are what inspires me to delve into the story… I am an observer… what I see and what I hear are the elixir to my imagination.

Q. If you were to start your own political party, what would the platform be?

The platform would be that of democratic universalism… one in which the constituents are made to aspire to values that are greater than material benefits… where they understand and agree that the society is better when they strive to create a social organism grounded in brotherhood and sisterhood… where your happiness is linked to the happiness of the other person… and your fulfillment to that of another… it would not be socialism or capitalism… but a mix of the two in such a way that it is not the bottom line that matters… but the attainment of the universal state of happiness… the rich would understand that their wealth has no meaning if it does not guarantee that those who have less are happy… because when they are happy, then the rich can sleep in peace… so he who has, would agree to willingly give to they who do not have… so we are referring to things as… a livable minimum wage, flexible work hours, full benefits, social accommodative child rearing and education systems, total divorce of state from religion, retirement benefits, motivational welfare that makes the state of need transient and not permanent, full universal health care, mandatory military service until 70 without any waivers so that when everyone is involved in the army then society would not always rush into war. A total acceptance of all rights of individuals irrespective of race, tribe, creed, religion, sex, sexual persuasion or disability.

Q. What do you consider your favorite achievement?

Against the wishes of my family, leaving the sciences and transferring to the arts to pursue my passion… and against societal expectations, leaving a well paid 9 to 5 employment to once again pursue my passion of a creating art whether written, directed or performed.

Q. What is your motto?

No one can limit me, but myself.

Q. When are you completely satisfied with your work?

I am really never satisfied, but I know when to let it go. It is a gut instinct. I read through it and once it resonates with me in a spiritual way. I know I have to let it go to serve out it’s purpose.

Q. Are there any writers ( home or abroad) whose work mystifies you?

I am mesmerized with the works of Marie Corelli, Ben Okri and Paulo Coelho… I think I am enraptured with work that espouses the spiritual without preaching… something that appeals to that part of man that wanders the corridors of the primordially mysterious.

Q. What is the idea behind your double book launch?

It is a desire to embrace the two ends of the spectrum… the young and the old… a book for each… to celebrate age through the written word… I want to create a forum for discussion of certain subjects that marry these age groups and launching two books that have common themes but approach those themes through the perspectives of age and culture is a sure way of achieving my goals.

Q. If you could re-write a classic novel, what novel would that be and why?

It would be Sorrows of Satan… it is a classic which is by chance forgotten… written by Marie Correli… so it is not the usual Dickensian, Bronte, Nabokov, Shakespearean works… it celebrates the junction between the sphere of man and that of God… it explores the true nature of man and the mysterious nature of God… I would want to rewrite it and take it out of the Victorian age into a contemporary age… where the challenges of living are different and the nature of evil is even more blurred… It is a unified world presently interwoven on various levels and bringing the novel into the world as we see it now… would even bring out the subtext even more vividly and more engaging… Satan in 2015 would be an interesting and engaging character.

Q. If you could turn back the hands of time, what would you change (about yourself)

I would change something intimate… lol… can’t say more.

Jude Idada's new books BY MY OWN HANDS and DIDI KANU AND THE SINGING DWARFS OF THE NORTH are available on Amazon.