The Booker Prize 2019 shortlist was announced yesterday on the Booker website, and author Chigozie Obioma made the final cut for his sophomore novel An Orchestra of Minorities, so congratulations are in order. He isn’t the only Nigerian on the shortlist, though. Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Women, Other, and also heavyweight authors like Margaret Atwood (The Testaments), Salman Rushdie (Quichotte).

If Obioma wins this year’s Booker Prize, it will be a defining moment of his literary career. His debut The Fishermen was well-received, and good luck to him next month.

South Africans are calling for the death penalty in response to violence against women 

Following the recent horrific deaths of two South African women, South Africans are calling for the return of the death penalty. We will see how that goes.

53 killed, 73 kidnapped across Nigeria in August

According to Premium Times, 53 persons were killed in violent attacks and 73 kidnapped across Nigeria in August. Katsina leads in kidnapped victims.

Zambia has cancelled its friendly match against South African due to xenophobia attacks

Zambia’s football association has called off its friendly match against South Africa because of the recent xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa. The international friendly match was scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 7, in Lusaka,  Zambia.

This Burna Boy tweets on South Africa’s recent xenphobic attacks should give you life

And @MI_Abaga it’s Fuck @akaworldwide from now on. And if you down with him, it’s Fuck you too. I respect you too much, please Don’t throw my respect out the window cuz I swear you will fly out with it.

— Burna Boy (@burnaboy) September 3, 2019

Lemme also say that there are some South Africans who are Amazing, Progressive AFRICAN people and I will forever Love them like I Love myself. But they are not many at all.

— Burna Boy (@burnaboy) September 3, 2019

No be lie Amigo. But why we no fit all just come back make am good? Instead of to go become dog for city. If all the Nigerians for diaspora come back with ginger for our future we go clean house wey e go shine pass shoe https://t.co/M2GHL5hujd

— Burna Boy (@burnaboy) September 3, 2019

And to my Brothers and sisters I am not encouraging any Violence or anything but please PLEASE Protect and Defend yourselves at all times, it may not seem like it but there’s always a way. Management will now take back control of Burna Boy’s Social media. God bless AFRICA ✊?

— Burna Boy (@burnaboy) September 3, 2019