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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
The Film Rats Club

February 23, 2022

Join Agbowo’s Editorial Team as a Reader

Agbowó
Agbowo issue 2 - Limits

February 15, 2022

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

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)
society of book and magazine editors of Nigeria

February 8, 2022

Arinze Ifeakandu, Eloghosa Osunde, TJ Benson Shortlisted for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Art & Literature

The three have books forthcoming this year.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

February 5, 2022

The UnSerious Collective Announces N50,000 Fellowships for Nigerian Poets

The group—poets Adedayo Agarau, Jeremiah Agbaakin, Nome Patrick, Adebayo Kolawole Samuel, Wale Ayinla, Pamilerin Jacob, and Michael Akuchie—is seeking “poetry that is experimental and daring.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
The Origin of Name; photo by Adedayo Agarau.

January 18, 2022

Exodus by Gbenga Adeoba Review—Witnessing Loss and Histories

The Nigerian poet shows perplexities with measured control and composure—a detached storyteller with the simple yet daring assignment of pointing “humanity to the loss of itself.”
Paula Willie-Okafor
Exodus by Gbenga Adeoba

January 18, 2022

Country Love Depicts Tenderness in LGBTQ+ Nigerian Life

The forthcoming short film, a love story set in Enugu State, Nigeria, is Wapah Ezeigwe’s directorial debut. “I wasn’t willing to compromise any of my artistic vision,” they said.
Uzoma Ihejirika
A still from Wapah Ezeigwe's Country Love.

January 18, 2022

In Asylum, Edafe Okporo Tells His Story of Seeking Refuge from Homophobia

Years ago in Nigeria, the activist was attacked by a mob for being gay. “Alongside my personal story is a call to action,” he wrote about his new memoir.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Asylum by Edafe Okporo.

January 11, 2022

On an Eastern Nigerian Campus, a New Literary Hotspot

In Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, writers are gathering to converse and perform at Eagle Nest Book Club. “It is likely we have created something that will outstay us in this place,” said the founders.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera and Mark Anthony Obumneme Osuchukwu, founders of Eagle Nest Book Club.

January 6, 2022

Anietie Isong’s Radio Sunrise Set for Film Adaptation

The production of the novel, which is about brown envelope journalism, is led by two Nollywood companies, Royal Arts Academy and Closer Pictures.
Open Country Mag
anietie isong - radio sunrise

January 4, 2022

Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo Review—What Does It Mean for a Woman to Reclaim Herself?

A mixed-race woman’s search for her father in a fictional country.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo

December 21, 2021

Ukamaka Olisakwe Wins 2021 SprinNG Women Authors Prize

The novelist and Isele editor’s second novel, Ogadinma, Or: Everything Will Be Alright, will receive marketing worth N200,000.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Ukamaka Olisakwe. Credit: Ukamaka Olisakwe.

December 11, 2021

Arinze Ifeakandu’s Debut, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, Dissects Queer Male Intimacy

Edmund White praised it as “the beginning of a brilliant career.” Adam Haslett called the book “heartbroken but pulsing with life” and Ifeakandu “a major talent.”
Uzoma Ihejirika
Arinze Ifeakandu’s Debut, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, Dissects Queer Male Intimacy

December 11, 2021

Ayobami Adebayo’s A Spell of Good Things Is a Tale of Two Families

The Nigerian writer’s second novel, the follow-up to 2017’s Stay with Me, will arrive in 2022.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Ayobami Adebayo's first novel, Stay with Me. From Author's Facebook.

December 11, 2021

Five Nigerians Seek Guinness World Record with 480-Hour Reading Marathon

“The major goal for me isn’t so much breaking the Guinness records,” one of them, Bayode Olawunmi-Treasures, has said: “it is to make reading great again.”
Uzoma Ihejirika
Bayode Olawunmi-Treasures read aloud for 120 hours and over five days in 2018, setting a Guinness World Record.

December 10, 2021

Panels, Performances, and a Million-Naira Slam: At the Lagos Poetry Festival 2021

A recap, with photos, of the four-day Lagos International Poetry Festival 2021, staging a comeback post-pandemic lockdown.
Creative Africa
Lagos International Poetry Festival 2021. Photo by LIPFest Media Team (16)

December 2, 2021

Cover Reveal: Arinze Ifeakandu’s God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

The collection of stories about Nigerian gay men, which arrives June 2022, is now available for pre-order.
Otosirieze
Arinze Ifeakandu's short story collection, God's Children Are Little Broken Things. Cover design by Rodrigo Corral Studio. Art by Jah Grey.

November 23, 2021

In Seesaw, Timothy Ogene Satirizes Literary Stereotypes in America

The Nigerian writer and Harvard academic’s second novel is “a refreshing and hugely enjoyable act of literary rebellion.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Timothy Ogene - Seesaw

November 11, 2021

In God of Mercy, Okezie Nwọka Creates a “Folklore of the Uncolonized”

The Nigerian writer’s debut novel, of Igbo fantasy, has been praised as a cross between Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and Marlon James’s Black Leopard, Red Wolf.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Okezie Nwọka’s God of Mercy

November 9, 2021

From Nigeria to Canada, an Indie Publisher’s Steps

With a planned bookstore in North America, Griots Lounge Publishing is “trying to represent unheard voices,” says founder Bibi Ukonu.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Bibi Ukonu. Photo credit: Griots Lounge.

March 8, 2022

The Film Rats Club

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

Agbowo issue 2 - Limits

Join Agbowo’s Editorial Team as a Reader

Agbowó

February 15, 2022

society of book and magazine editors of Nigeria

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

Society for Book and Magazine Editors of Nigeria (SBMEN)

February 8, 2022

Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

Arinze Ifeakandu, Eloghosa Osunde, TJ Benson Shortlisted for The Future Awards Africa Prize for Art & Literature

The three have books forthcoming this year.
Paula Willie-Okafor

February 5, 2022

The Origin of Name; photo by Adedayo Agarau.

The UnSerious Collective Announces N50,000 Fellowships for Nigerian Poets

The group—poets Adedayo Agarau, Jeremiah Agbaakin, Nome Patrick, Adebayo Kolawole Samuel, Wale Ayinla, Pamilerin Jacob, and Michael Akuchie—is seeking “poetry that is experimental and daring.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

January 18, 2022

Exodus by Gbenga Adeoba

Exodus by Gbenga Adeoba Review—Witnessing Loss and Histories

The Nigerian poet shows perplexities with measured control and composure—a detached storyteller with the simple yet daring assignment of pointing “humanity to the loss of itself.”
Paula Willie-Okafor

January 18, 2022

A still from Wapah Ezeigwe's Country Love.

Country Love Depicts Tenderness in LGBTQ+ Nigerian Life

The forthcoming short film, a love story set in Enugu State, Nigeria, is Wapah Ezeigwe’s directorial debut. “I wasn’t willing to compromise any of my artistic vision,” they said.
Uzoma Ihejirika

January 18, 2022

Asylum by Edafe Okporo.

In Asylum, Edafe Okporo Tells His Story of Seeking Refuge from Homophobia

Years ago in Nigeria, the activist was attacked by a mob for being gay. “Alongside my personal story is a call to action,” he wrote about his new memoir.
Paula Willie-Okafor

January 11, 2022

Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera and Mark Anthony Obumneme Osuchukwu, founders of Eagle Nest Book Club.

On an Eastern Nigerian Campus, a New Literary Hotspot

In Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, writers are gathering to converse and perform at Eagle Nest Book Club. “It is likely we have created something that will outstay us in this place,” said the founders.
Uzoma Ihejirika

January 6, 2022

anietie isong - radio sunrise

Anietie Isong’s Radio Sunrise Set for Film Adaptation

The production of the novel, which is about brown envelope journalism, is led by two Nollywood companies, Royal Arts Academy and Closer Pictures.
Open Country Mag

January 4, 2022

Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo

Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo Review—What Does It Mean for a Woman to Reclaim Herself?

A mixed-race woman’s search for her father in a fictional country.
Ernest Ogunyemi

December 21, 2021

Ukamaka Olisakwe. Credit: Ukamaka Olisakwe.

Ukamaka Olisakwe Wins 2021 SprinNG Women Authors Prize

The novelist and Isele editor’s second novel, Ogadinma, Or: Everything Will Be Alright, will receive marketing worth N200,000.
Paula Willie-Okafor

December 11, 2021

Arinze Ifeakandu’s Debut, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, Dissects Queer Male Intimacy

Arinze Ifeakandu’s Debut, God’s Children Are Little Broken Things, Dissects Queer Male Intimacy

Edmund White praised it as “the beginning of a brilliant career.” Adam Haslett called the book “heartbroken but pulsing with life” and Ifeakandu “a major talent.”
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 11, 2021

Ayobami Adebayo's first novel, Stay with Me. From Author's Facebook.

Ayobami Adebayo’s A Spell of Good Things Is a Tale of Two Families

The Nigerian writer’s second novel, the follow-up to 2017’s Stay with Me, will arrive in 2022.
Paula Willie-Okafor

December 11, 2021

Bayode Olawunmi-Treasures read aloud for 120 hours and over five days in 2018, setting a Guinness World Record.

Five Nigerians Seek Guinness World Record with 480-Hour Reading Marathon

“The major goal for me isn’t so much breaking the Guinness records,” one of them, Bayode Olawunmi-Treasures, has said: “it is to make reading great again.”
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 10, 2021

Lagos International Poetry Festival 2021. Photo by LIPFest Media Team (16)

Panels, Performances, and a Million-Naira Slam: At the Lagos Poetry Festival 2021

A recap, with photos, of the four-day Lagos International Poetry Festival 2021, staging a comeback post-pandemic lockdown.
Creative Africa

December 2, 2021

Arinze Ifeakandu's short story collection, God's Children Are Little Broken Things. Cover design by Rodrigo Corral Studio. Art by Jah Grey.

Cover Reveal: Arinze Ifeakandu’s God’s Children Are Little Broken Things

The collection of stories about Nigerian gay men, which arrives June 2022, is now available for pre-order.
Otosirieze

November 23, 2021

Timothy Ogene - Seesaw

In Seesaw, Timothy Ogene Satirizes Literary Stereotypes in America

The Nigerian writer and Harvard academic’s second novel is “a refreshing and hugely enjoyable act of literary rebellion.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

November 11, 2021

Okezie Nwọka’s God of Mercy

In God of Mercy, Okezie Nwọka Creates a “Folklore of the Uncolonized”

The Nigerian writer’s debut novel, of Igbo fantasy, has been praised as a cross between Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing and Marlon James’s Black Leopard, Red Wolf.
Uzoma Ihejirika

November 9, 2021

Bibi Ukonu. Photo credit: Griots Lounge.

From Nigeria to Canada, an Indie Publisher’s Steps

With a planned bookstore in North America, Griots Lounge Publishing is “trying to represent unheard voices,” says founder Bibi Ukonu.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

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