When it was published in 1943, Betty Smith’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel was an immediate best seller. And in the nearly 80 years since it came out, the book has grown to become a seminal American classic. The story, set in turn-of-the-20th-century Brooklyn, opens with 11-year-old Francie Nolan, the daughter of first-generation Americans, daydreaming about living in the so-called Tree of Heaven that shades the fire escape of her family’s tenement apartment—the type of tree that, “no matter where its seed fell,” as Smith puts it, reached toward the sky.
- Actor Nosa Rex has taken to social media to defend Funke Akindele following abuse allegations by an ex-staff
- Nosa explained that Akindele is under constant pressure to give her production her best and has also helped him a lot
- The actor who is part of Jenifa's Diary cast advised the aggrieved ex-staff to be patient in order to get what's due to her
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The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has pitched in on the crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Naija News reports the PDP have been in a turbulent state after it’s presidential primaries which produced Atiku Abubakar as it’s flag bearer.
The party erupted into crisis when Atiku opted for Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate.
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, who had claimed that the primaries were manipulated to favor Atiku, called for the resignation of the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, for peace to be returned to the party.
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Girl group that debuted with their A and B side single Square One in August 2016. They were nominated for Best New Artist (Female Group) at the Mnet Asian Music Awards that same year. Their YouTube channel has a following of more than 92 million subscribers.
Trivia Their second EP BLACKPINK hit number one on the Japanese charts in 2017. They were the first girl group since 2NE1 to debut with YG Entertainment. Their single Kill This Love set multiple YouTube records.