Introduction: “There is that great proverb — that until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt ...
by Rachel Ogbu Lesley Nneka Arimah has been shortlisted for this year’s Caine Prize for African Writing. Now in its ...
RoqeebahCreative mind. Enthusiast. Learner. Multipotentialite. And here, an assistant editor.
At the opening ceremony of the Ake Festival on Thursday morning, Etisalat Prize for Literature as well as the Windham ...
“The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan for having created new poetic expressions within the ...
by Pius Adesanmi This one will be a long read. I see it as a contribution to the enhancement of ...
by Simon Utsu In response to the attack on the standout literature in Achebe’s legendary body of work viz Things ...
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Africa Writes is the Royal African Society’s annual literature and book festival that takes place at the British Library over ...
by ‘Káyọ̀dé Oyèró And Kpeti’s great household is no more, Only the broken fence stands; And those who dared not ...
While Nigerians are still in shock and awe about Mavin singer, Di’ja’s announcement, famed novelist, Chimamanda Adiche has also revealed ...
by Kokoette Amba How dare you? Blame us for the lack of knowledge of our native language, When u told ...
The first time Wole Soyinka misdirected himself, it had to do with his “cautious endorsement” of Muhammadu Buhari’s presidential candidacy. ...
Our naked bodies tangled up like mating snakes, we were stuck, tied and sweaty. I never imagined us being this ...
NICON TOWN ESTATE LEKKI LAGOS JANUARY 24 3 p.m LUKE I am back before the mirrors, in my usual place ...
Chinua Achebe would have turned 85 years old today, November 16. Chinua Achebe, who died in 2013, wrote classic books like ...
by Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Who are African books for? MY close friend Mercy, when she heard about my novel, congratulated ...
by Olatunji Ariyomo While Wole Soyinka’s predilection as signposted by these experiences is about integrity, what is right, what is ...
by S’ola Filani Despite the great carnage Nigeria has suffered at the hands of the radical Islamist group Boko ...
by Akintomiwa Agbaje Kachifo Limited, which has published some of the continent’s most finest writers including Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie, Sefi Atta Binyavanga ...
by Uduak Oduok Let’s separate the two issues. The choice of language is not the issue. The appropriate forum for ...
by Okey Ikechukwu No one cried foul over Awo’s politics in the South West before he engineered Zik’s ouster using ...
by Oge Okonkwo Tade Ipadeola, poet, lawyer and author of The Sahara Testament, has won this year’s Nigeria Prize for ...
by Dele Momodu Even the oracle must die and leave behind his bags of divination. That is the fate of ...
by Corlenius Segun-Ojo Culturally, it is indisputable that our society does not condone assault of any kind on womanhood. When ...
I’m not even sure why I’m typing this because there have been a flurry of blog posts and articles ...
by Isi Esene The teams from The Future Awards and Y!/YNaija visited Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyina recently… ...
by Ojay Kaikai To the man that gives life to African literature, to the man that insisted that Nigeria must ...
by Akan Ido Chika Unigwe, the winner of the 2012 NLNG $100,000 prize for literature was on Rubbin’ Minds on ...
by Isi Esene Sefi Atta will launch the Nigerian edition of her latest novel, ‘A Bit of Difference’ at the ...