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December 26, 2020

Nwando Achebe on Her New Book, Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa

Abuja Literary and Arts Festival
Nwando Achebe. From nwandoachebe.com.

December 26, 2020

Nsukka Is Burning Review—How a Small University Town Influenced Nigerian Literature

BBC Radio 4 audio documentary explores the impact of place on writers out of Nsukka, from the Civil War generation to the present-day.
Uzoma Ihejirika
University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Main gates.

December 26, 2020

Kathēkon, the Nigerian Organisation Founded to Fund Change

It will “provide grants to organisations seeking to transform society through evidence-driven investments in education, social welfare, and civil society.”
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 26, 2020

Remembering the Speech That Ken Saro-Wiwa Wasn’t Allowed to Read at His Execution

“We all stand before history,” it reads. “I predict that scene here would be played and replayed by generations unborn. By our actions we have denigrated our country and jeopardised the future of our children.”
Ernest Ogunyemi
Ken Saro-Wiwa. From amnesty.org.

December 26, 2020

Nigerian Literature Needed Editors. Two Women Stepped in To Groom Them.

With Society of Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN), two publishers, Anwuli Ojogwu of Narrative Landscape and Enajite Efemuaye, formerly of Kachifo, are laying foundation for the future.
Otosirieze
Anwuli Ojogwu. From Anwuli Ojogwu.

December 26, 2020

The 2020 Freedom Awards Honour LGBTQ & Feminist Advocates

Olumide Makanjuola, Matthew Blaise, Mariam Sule, Zikoko Magazine, and State of Emergency GBV Movement named winners by TIERS.
Otosirieze
The activist Matthew Blaise at a WHER Initiative event. Credit to @rakelphotography1 on Instagram

December 26, 2020

Transcendence by Wana Udobang Review—Woman in the Light

Like her previous spoken word and poetry albums, Dirty Laundry and In Memory of Forgetting, this is a feminist work, but it is the flair of the storytelling and music that makes the album tick.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Wana Udobang's Transcendence. From WanaWana.net.

December 26, 2020

Arinze Ifeakandu’s Debut, About Queer Nigerian Men, Acquired by A Public Space Books

The Nsukka-educated, Iowa-trained writer hopes for God’s Children Are Little Broken Things to join in “insisting upon [the] existence” of LGBTQ Nigerians.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Arinze Ifeakandu by Santiago Sanchez.

December 26, 2020

The Abuja Literary Festival: Harnessing Creative Power to Build Community

Festival Director Teniola Tayo tells us about the festival’s mission, the 2020 edition, and projections for the future.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Abuja Literary Festival 2019. From alitfest.com

December 26, 2020

Nwando Achebe. From nwandoachebe.com.

Nwando Achebe on Her New Book, Female Monarchs and Merchant Queens in Africa

Abuja Literary and Arts Festival

December 26, 2020

University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Main gates.

Nsukka Is Burning Review—How a Small University Town Influenced Nigerian Literature

BBC Radio 4 audio documentary explores the impact of place on writers out of Nsukka, from the Civil War generation to the present-day.
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 26, 2020

Kathēkon, the Nigerian Organisation Founded to Fund Change

It will “provide grants to organisations seeking to transform society through evidence-driven investments in education, social welfare, and civil society.”
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 26, 2020

Ken Saro-Wiwa. From amnesty.org.

Remembering the Speech That Ken Saro-Wiwa Wasn’t Allowed to Read at His Execution

“We all stand before history,” it reads. “I predict that scene here would be played and replayed by generations unborn. By our actions we have denigrated our country and jeopardised the future of our children.”
Ernest Ogunyemi

December 26, 2020

Anwuli Ojogwu. From Anwuli Ojogwu.

Nigerian Literature Needed Editors. Two Women Stepped in To Groom Them.

With Society of Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN), two publishers, Anwuli Ojogwu of Narrative Landscape and Enajite Efemuaye, formerly of Kachifo, are laying foundation for the future.
Otosirieze

December 26, 2020

The activist Matthew Blaise at a WHER Initiative event. Credit to @rakelphotography1 on Instagram

The 2020 Freedom Awards Honour LGBTQ & Feminist Advocates

Olumide Makanjuola, Matthew Blaise, Mariam Sule, Zikoko Magazine, and State of Emergency GBV Movement named winners by TIERS.
Otosirieze

December 26, 2020

Wana Udobang's Transcendence. From WanaWana.net.

Transcendence by Wana Udobang Review—Woman in the Light

Like her previous spoken word and poetry albums, Dirty Laundry and In Memory of Forgetting, this is a feminist work, but it is the flair of the storytelling and music that makes the album tick.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

December 26, 2020

Arinze Ifeakandu by Santiago Sanchez.

Arinze Ifeakandu’s Debut, About Queer Nigerian Men, Acquired by A Public Space Books

The Nsukka-educated, Iowa-trained writer hopes for God’s Children Are Little Broken Things to join in “insisting upon [the] existence” of LGBTQ Nigerians.
Ernest Ogunyemi

December 26, 2020

Abuja Literary Festival 2019. From alitfest.com

The Abuja Literary Festival: Harnessing Creative Power to Build Community

Festival Director Teniola Tayo tells us about the festival’s mission, the 2020 edition, and projections for the future.
Uzoma Ihejirika

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