Tomi Adeyemi, a Nigerian-American novelist, has shared the inspiration behind her bestselling book, ‘Children of Blood and Bone’. The novel, based in Yoruba tradition, was…
CHAPTER ONE He called everyone ‘dear’, ‘darling’, ‘sweetheart’- a syrupy affectation that often makes me want to retch. That was how he whizzed…
Ebun Akinbo has emerged winner of the 2018 Fashola Photography Foundation, marking the second consecutive win by a female. The photography contest, curated by…
Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, has congratulated Onyeka Nwelue over his Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) nomination. Nwelue, who is an author and cultural entrepreneur,…
Anietie Isong, an alumnus of the University of Ibadan (UI), has become the first Nigerian to win the McKitterick Prize. The Nigerian-British writer…
Elthanan John, Nigerian novelist and satirist, has been named among the judges for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize. John was on Friday…
Chimamanda Adichie and Nnedi Okorafor, Nigerian writers, have been longlisted for a new vote-based alternative to the Nobel Prize in Literature. The 2018…