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Bowing out laughingly

Showbiz swag with the C.E.O

As the sad news of celebrated playwright Francis Imbuga was announced, the words of Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe that ‘proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten’ came to mind.

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