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SEFI ATTA RELEASES NEW BOOK – “DRAMA QUEEN!”

Sefi Atta, author of EVERYTHING GOOD WILL COME recently announced the release of her new book on her Facebook Page. She wrote: Here she is, Drama Queen, 8/18/18! It is January 1976, and 12-year-old Timi is about to turn 13….

  • August 19, 2018
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERATURE

Our Favourite Quotes From THE SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEGI’S WIVES

One of our favourite African Literature is THE SECRET LIVES OF BABA SEGI’S WIVES BY LOLA SHONEYIN.  The humour is refreshing; but what is even more refreshing is the candid approach to infidelity.  Lola Shoneyin once wrote in The Guardian: The…

  • December 30, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERATURE

This Is How You Heal The Wound – Titilope Sonuga

Titilope Sonuga is a poet after our hearts. Her words are soothing – healing balms. I am interested in how her poems connect to our shared humanity – one of constant loss, grief, heartache. It is as though she knows…

  • November 17, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERATURE

Google Doodle Celebrates Chinua Achebe On What Would Have Been His 87th

The Google Doodle for today is dedicated to the GREAT CHINUA ACHEBE. Google created a google doodle marking what would have been Chinua Achebe’s 87th birthday.  Chinualumogu Albert Achebe was born on the 16th day of November 1930. He was…

  • November 16, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERATURE

Poet Yrsa Daley-Ward Talks Sexuality, Relationship and Mental Health With Eve...

If you are a fan of what people have come to term “new-age” poetry then you must know Yrsa Daley-Ward. You should know her.  Alongside the African-American poet Nayyirah Waheed, Zimbabwean bard Tapiwa Mugabe and Nigerian writer Ijeoma Umebinyuo, Yrsa Daley-Ward, who is of…

  • November 4, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERATURE

First Lady of Kaduna, set to release her Debut Novel – An Abundance Of...

Hadiza Isma, First Lady of Kaduna State is set to release her debut novel – AN ABUNDANCE OF SCORPIONS. It will be launched at the 2017 Ake Festival!!! About The Book: Following a harrowing family tragedy, Tambaya decides to leave Kano…

  • October 18, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERATURE

Google Doodle honours Equiano by celebrating the 272nd year since his birth

Words can’t describe how excited I was to see Olaudah Equaino’s picture up as the Google Doodle for today, 16th October 2017.  I remember coming across a beautiful book; EQUIANO’S TRAVELS while I was in my final year at the…

  • October 16, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERATURE

Kazuo Ishiguro: Winner, Nobel Prize In Literature 2017

The Nobel Prize for Literature for the year 2017 was announced today. It was awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro!!! This is a very deserving award. In the words of the Academy, the award was given to Ishiguro “who, in novels of great…

  • October 5, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERATURE

The Single Story Foundation Inaugural Issue

The Single Story Foundation has launched its inaugural issuue.  The Single Story Foundation is a nonprofit organization that provides storytelling opportunities for Africans at home and in diaspora.  The contributors include writers from Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Botswana, Somali and…

  • October 5, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERATURE

Programme From The Memorial For Chinua Achebe

In the spirit of throwback Thursday, we will be looking at the Programme from the memorial for CHINUA ACHEBE. Chinualumogu Albert Achebe was born on the 16th day of November 1930. He was a novelist, poet, professor, and critic. Things…

  • September 28, 2017
  • By Adriel Onwukwe
  • LITERARY LIFESTYLE
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