Nigeria

July 11, 2022

The $100,000 NLNG Prize Longlist a Mix of Young and Veteran Nigerian Poets

The 11 nominees for Africa’s richest literary award, led by rising star Romeo Oriogun, include Iquo DianaAbasi and Su’eddie Vershima Agema—a departure from its tradition of ignoring newer voices.

The 2022 SprinNG Women Authors Prize Opens for Submissions

The award will select two female Nigerian authors who have published full-length books and invest N300,000 each in purchasing, distributing, and marketing them.

God’s Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu Review—A Momentous Debut of Gay Love and Human Fullness

“This book is lush with evocative passages. So real are the characters, you could almost reach out and touch them.”

The Seminal Breakout of Gbenga Adesina

The prize-winning Nigerian poet and co-founder of A Long House magazine honed his craft in the quiet, and then we heard his pathbreaking voice.

Nnamdi Ehirim Writes from Music

The Nigerian author of Prince of Monkeys on why rap is “worthy of creative theft by contemporary writers,” and how “the exploits of young writers allow younger writers to dream bigger.”

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s Curation of African Speculative Fiction

The writer and editor, working from Nigeria, has seen his groundbreaking work with the anthology Dominion earn major acclaim in the US and the UK, including becoming the first Africa-born Black writer to earn a Hugo Award nomination.

Kanyinsola Olorunnisola

April 13, 2022

Logan February on Their Becoming

The Future Award Africa Prize-winning Nigerian poet and author of the collection In the Nude on “the book as an interface for the soul” and their literary, musical, and cinematic influences.

Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 9, 2022

Ebenezer Agu on 20.35 Africa & Curating New Poetry

“It’s not just about developing platforms for African poets. What is the bigger picture?” asks the Nigerian poet and editor of the collective. “We are thinking of training, models that feed capacity, that enhance their craft and careers.”

Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

April 9, 2022

Why Tobi Eyinade Built Rovingheights, Nigeria’s Biggest Literary Bookstore

The Future Award Africa Prize-nominated co-founder on the business of bookselling.

Socrates Mbamalu

April 9, 2022

Suyi Davies Okungbowa Knows What It Takes

The Nigerian novelist, author of David Mogo, Godhunter and Son of the Storm, on epic fantasy, Black male representation in fiction, and making a literary career as a Nigerian.

Ada Nnadi

April 7, 2022

Ani Kayode Somtochukwu’s Debut Novel Goes to Roxane Gay Books

And Then He Sang a Lullaby is described by the Grove Atlantic imprint as “a passionate love story about two young men who may have too far a distance to bridge to another.”

Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 7, 2022

On The Offside Musings, Okey Ndibe Tackles Nigerian Politics

The podcast, with co-host Emeka Onyeagwa, is a “deep and often entertaining insight into Nigerian current affairs and culture.”

Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 6, 2022

Romeo Oriogun Wrested Poetry from Pain

From the streets of Benin City to The New Yorker, a young working-class Nigerian writer scaled obstacles and became a defining voice in African poetry.

Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 5, 2022

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Children’s Picture Book Coming in 2023

The “joyful and tender” Mama’s Sleeping Scarf, forthcoming from HarperCollins Children’s Books, was written when her daughter was 3 years old.

Otosirieze

March 29, 2022

TAFM 2022: Owen Olowu’s Songs of Ubong Takes Grand Cheese Prize for Best Film

23 films were screened in competition at The Annual Film Mischief, a festival by The Film Rats Club. Other winners include Olabode Izy’s The Samaritan and Tosan Anyafulu’s Reflections.

The Film Rats Club

March 8, 2022

A Netflix Adaptation for Tola Okogwu’s YA Novel, Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun

The production will be by Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and David Oyelowo’s Yoruba Saxon.

Emmanuel Esomnofu

March 8, 2022

The NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature, Worth $100,000, Opens for Entries

The 2022 prize will consider poetry books.

Emmanuel Esomnofu

March 8, 2022

The Film Rats Club Announces The Annual Film Mischief Festival 2022

The organisation is devoted to low-budget indie films. The inaugural festival theme is “Less is more.”

The Film Rats Club

February 23, 2022

Join Agbowo’s Editorial Team as a Reader

Agbowó

February 15, 2022

SBMEN Announces Editorial Practice & Project Management Course for Feb. 2022

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

July 11, 2022

The $100,000 NLNG Prize Longlist a Mix of Young and Veteran Nigerian Poets

Emmanuel Esomnofu

July 4, 2022

The 2022 SprinNG Women Authors Prize Opens for Submissions

The award will select two female Nigerian authors who have published full-length books and invest N300,000 each in purchasing, distributing, and marketing them.

SprinNG

June 14, 2022

God’s Children Are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu Review—A Momentous Debut of Gay Love and Human Fullness

“This book is lush with evocative passages. So real are the characters, you could almost reach out and touch them.”

Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 13, 2022

The Seminal Breakout of Gbenga Adesina

The prize-winning Nigerian poet and co-founder of A Long House magazine honed his craft in the quiet, and then we heard his pathbreaking voice.

Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

April 13, 2022

Nnamdi Ehirim Writes from Music

The Nigerian author of Prince of Monkeys on why rap is “worthy of creative theft by contemporary writers,” and how “the exploits of young writers allow younger writers to dream bigger.”

Uzoma Ihejirika

April 13, 2022

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s Curation of African Speculative Fiction

Kanyinsola Olorunnisola

April 13, 2022

Logan February on Their Becoming

The Future Award Africa Prize-winning Nigerian poet and author of the collection In the Nude on “the book as an interface for the soul” and their literary, musical, and cinematic influences.

Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 9, 2022

Ebenezer Agu on 20.35 Africa & Curating New Poetry

Hauwa Shaffii Nuhu

April 9, 2022

Why Tobi Eyinade Built Rovingheights, Nigeria’s Biggest Literary Bookstore

The Future Award Africa Prize-nominated co-founder on the business of bookselling.

Socrates Mbamalu

April 9, 2022

Suyi Davies Okungbowa Knows What It Takes

The Nigerian novelist, author of David Mogo, Godhunter and Son of the Storm, on epic fantasy, Black male representation in fiction, and making a literary career as a Nigerian.

Ada Nnadi

April 7, 2022

Ani Kayode Somtochukwu’s Debut Novel Goes to Roxane Gay Books

And Then He Sang a Lullaby is described by the Grove Atlantic imprint as “a passionate love story about two young men who may have too far a distance to bridge to another.”

Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 7, 2022

On The Offside Musings, Okey Ndibe Tackles Nigerian Politics

The podcast, with co-host Emeka Onyeagwa, is a “deep and often entertaining insight into Nigerian current affairs and culture.”

Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 6, 2022

Romeo Oriogun Wrested Poetry from Pain

From the streets of Benin City to The New Yorker, a young working-class Nigerian writer scaled obstacles and became a defining voice in African poetry.

Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 5, 2022

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Children’s Picture Book Coming in 2023

The “joyful and tender” Mama’s Sleeping Scarf, forthcoming from HarperCollins Children’s Books, was written when her daughter was 3 years old.

Otosirieze

March 29, 2022

TAFM 2022: Owen Olowu’s Songs of Ubong Takes Grand Cheese Prize for Best Film

23 films were screened in competition at The Annual Film Mischief, a festival by The Film Rats Club. Other winners include Olabode Izy’s The Samaritan and Tosan Anyafulu’s Reflections.