Tag: Chika Unigwe

Postpartum depression, African tech, patriarchy – Here are the best Nigerian articles of the week

Each week here at YNaija, we round up the best Nigerian writing on the internet, highlighting the stories, profiles, interviews and in-depth reporting that rise above the daily churn. Here…

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Call for participants: The Port Harcourt World Book Capital 2014 writers-in-residence programme kicks off

Writers' workshop on fiction with Chika Unigwe. PHBF 20133   by David Cyril The city of Port Harcourt now in its 3rd month as UNESCO World Book Capital has launched various…

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Ebuka Obi-Uchendu interviews NLNG Prize winner, Chika Unigwe – Report from this week’s Rubbin’ Minds

by Akan Ido Chika Unigwe, the winner of the 2012 NLNG $100,000 prize for literature was on Rubbin' Minds on Sunday to talk about herself, her inspiration, and lots more.…

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Did Ebuka Obi-Uchendu put Toke Makinwa on the spot on Rubbin’ Minds? (WATCH)

by Isi Esene It was a delightful session with TV/Radio host and blogger, Toke Makinwa in the last episode of Rubbin' Minds, as host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu went close and personal…

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Sefi Atta’s latest novel ‘A bit of difference’ for launch in Lagos

by Isi Esene Sefi Atta will launch the Nigerian edition of her latest novel, 'A Bit of Difference' at the Glendora Bookshop, Ikeja City Mall, on December 29 at 1pm.…

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Stanley Azuakola: The NLNG Prize can be so much bigger and better

But if I had the opportunity to ask the judges one question, it would be this: How on earth did Teju Cole’s Open City and Eghosa Imasuen’s Fine Boys fail…

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“A work of outstanding merit”: Literary leader applauds Chika Unigwe’s NLNG Award winning book

by Rachel Ogbu Chika Unigwe, winner of this year's Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Literary Award has expressed gratitude over winning the award with the novel 'On Black Sisters' Street'.…

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Well done, Black Sister! Chika Unigwe wins Nigeria Prize for Literature

by Chi Ibe Chika Unigwe, the Nigerian-born writer based in Belgium, has been announced as winner of the Nigeria Prize for Literature endowed by the Nigeria LNG Limited. She won…

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Achebe, Olugbesan, Unigwe make final cut for NLNG’s $100,000 literature prize

By Reuben Daba From an initial ten man shortlist, the Advisory Board for the NLNG-sponsored, The Nigeria Prize for Literature has approved a final shortlist of three books. The three…

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Sefi Atta is back! Nigerian author releases new book “A bit of difference”

by Stanley Azuakola Seffi Atta, author of the bestseller Everything Good Will Come, is scheduled to release the Nigerian edition of her new novel "A Bit of Difference" before the end…

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10 Authors make NLNG Prize for Literature shortlist

by Stanley Azuakola Mai Nasara, Winner of NLNG Prize 2011 Ten authors have made the initial shortlist for this year’s Nigeria LNG Prize for Literature. They will now contest to…

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