Subscribe

Nigeria

June 18, 2021

In Fierce Essay, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Broken Friendships and “Ideological Orthodoxy”

The piece, “It Is Obscene,” calls out two former students, one being the novelist Akwaeke Emezi, who “publicly insulted” her, “sent emails and texts that were ignored,” and “decided to go on social media to peddle falsehoods.”
Ernest Ogunyemi
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. From Chimamanda.com.

June 15, 2021

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún Announces Second Poetry Collection, Ìgbà Èwe

The Nigerian writer and linguist’s new work is a Yorùbá translation of Emily R. Grosholz’s Childhood.
Ọlájídé Salawu
Igba Ewe by Kola Tubosun

May 23, 2021

Chinua Achebe Saw the Nigerian Oppression

On the eight anniversary of his burial, we look at the great writer’s continued relevance. By engaging his work more as a chronicle of oppression, one sees him as a modern voice who still has so much to say.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Chinua Achebe. From The Paris Review.

May 20, 2021

Join Narrative Landscape’s IG Live Conversation on Media Reporting of Suicide

Dr. Olufemi Oluwatayo and Martins Ifijeh will discuss their book, The Morning After: A Guide for Media Reporting and Prevention of Suicide in Nigeria.
Narrative Landscape Press
The Morning After: A Guide for Media Reporting and Prevention of Suicide in Nigeria.

May 13, 2021

Othuke Umukoro Wins Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021

The judges for the $3,000 prize praised the Nigerian as “a complex poet, with the formal skills to match the weight of the subjects he takes on.”
Ernest Ogunyemi
Othuke Umukoro. From Brunel Prize.

April 23, 2021

Virago to Release Chibundu Onuzo’s Sankofa in the UK

In the Nigerian writer’s third novel, a mixed-race British woman goes in search of her father, and finds that he is now dictator in a fictional West African country.
Virago Press
Chibundu Onuzo's Sankofa.

April 15, 2021

Sacrament of Bodies by Romeo Oriogun Review—An Originative Work by an Epochal Poet

In his debut collection, the Nigerian poet exults in the beauty of queer bodies even in pain. His voice is prophetic and tourist, filled with experience and wonder.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Sacrament of Bodies by Romeo Oriogun

April 7, 2021

Uwem Akpan’s Debut Novel, New York, My Village, Is Partly About the Literary Life

Thirteen years after his bestselling collection Say You’re One of Them, the Nigerian Catholic priest is back.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Uwem Akpan's New York, My Village.

April 2, 2021

TJ Benson Holds History and Hope

Thirteen years after he started it, his debut novel The Madhouse finally arrives. This chronicle of the ‘90s, set in northern Nigeria, broadens the familiar for the 29-year-old.
Ernest Ogunyemi
TJ Benson by Nelson Apocho.

March 25, 2021

The Origin of Name by Adedayo Agarau Review—Narrating Grief

In his third chapbook, the Nigerian poet returns to grief. And he’s telling stories.
Ernest Ogunyemi
The Origin of Name by Adedayo Agarau

March 12, 2021

Bada Murya, a Fellowship for Northern Nigerian Writers, Opens for Applications

The 6-month fellowship, which “invokes the power of narrative to shift perceptions,” is open to writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama.
Creative Africa
Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is one of the recent literary successes from Northern Nigeria. Credit: Creative Africa.

March 9, 2021

Sefi Atta’s Swallow Is Being Adapted for Netflix by Kunle Afolayan, with Niyola as Lead

It will be the first screenwriting credit for the Nigerian novelist, who co-wrote with Afolayan.
Otosirieze
Sefi Atta. From Sefi Atta's Facebook page.

March 8, 2021

Masobe Books Calls for Fiction Manuscript Submissions

“There is a lot of literary talent out there,” said founder Othuke Ominiabohs. “It is our strong desire to find these gems, to give them a home, so together we can build something noble and beautiful.”
Masobe Books
TJ Benson's The Madhouse is the latest book from Masobe Books.

March 5, 2021

Umar Turaki’s Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold Goes to Little A in Two-Book Deal

“I wanted to write a book that seeks to find wonder in the least likely of places,” said Turaki, whose writing earned praise from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Otosirieze
Umar Turaki by Musa Tukurah.

March 5, 2021

Rasaq Malik Gbolahan & Funmi Gaji on Their New Poetry Books from Konya Shamsrumi

Gbolahan’s The Other Names of Grief, which “shows us the way to survival,” and Gaji’s The Script of Bruises, about “space and belonging,” are now available in Nigeria.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Rasaq Malik Gbolahan's The Other Names of Grief; from Konya Shamsrumi.

March 2, 2021

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Just Lost Her Mother

Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie was the first female registrar of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her passing comes eight months after her husband’s.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie. From the Guardian.

February 18, 2021

#ENDSARS: Documenting Words and Actions for Posterity

Praxis Magazine invites all creatives partaking in this fight to submit non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art on the momentous protests.
Praxis Magazine
One of the several viral images from the EndSARS protests; from @theayochase.

February 11, 2021

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún Appointed Programme Director of Yorùbá Academy

It is “one of the crucial places to make archival, research, literary content in Yorùbá available to the general public, scholars, and students,” the Nigerian linguist and writer says.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún by Ayobami Ogungbe.

February 11, 2021

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Next Book Is About Her Late Father

Notes on Grief will explore collective mourning through the late James Nwoye Adichie’s life as a Biafran War survivor and statistics professor.
Otosirieze
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Notes on Grief.

February 4, 2021

Femi Kayode’s Debut, Lightseekers, Is a Murder Mystery on a Nigerian Campus

The book, which won the Little, Brown/UEA Crime Fiction Award in 2019, is the first in an investigative series focused on Dr Philip K. Taiwo.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Femi Kayode's Lightseekers. From @holly_watt on Twitter.

June 18, 2021

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. From Chimamanda.com.

In Fierce Essay, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on Broken Friendships and “Ideological Orthodoxy”

The piece, “It Is Obscene,” calls out two former students, one being the novelist Akwaeke Emezi, who “publicly insulted” her, “sent emails and texts that were ignored,” and “decided to go on social media to peddle falsehoods.”
Ernest Ogunyemi

June 15, 2021

Igba Ewe by Kola Tubosun

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún Announces Second Poetry Collection, Ìgbà Èwe

The Nigerian writer and linguist’s new work is a Yorùbá translation of Emily R. Grosholz’s Childhood.
Ọlájídé Salawu

May 23, 2021

Chinua Achebe. From The Paris Review.

Chinua Achebe Saw the Nigerian Oppression

On the eight anniversary of his burial, we look at the great writer’s continued relevance. By engaging his work more as a chronicle of oppression, one sees him as a modern voice who still has so much to say.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

May 20, 2021

The Morning After: A Guide for Media Reporting and Prevention of Suicide in Nigeria.

Join Narrative Landscape’s IG Live Conversation on Media Reporting of Suicide

Dr. Olufemi Oluwatayo and Martins Ifijeh will discuss their book, The Morning After: A Guide for Media Reporting and Prevention of Suicide in Nigeria.
Narrative Landscape Press

May 13, 2021

Othuke Umukoro. From Brunel Prize.

Othuke Umukoro Wins Brunel International African Poetry Prize 2021

The judges for the $3,000 prize praised the Nigerian as “a complex poet, with the formal skills to match the weight of the subjects he takes on.”
Ernest Ogunyemi

April 23, 2021

Chibundu Onuzo's Sankofa.

Virago to Release Chibundu Onuzo’s Sankofa in the UK

In the Nigerian writer’s third novel, a mixed-race British woman goes in search of her father, and finds that he is now dictator in a fictional West African country.
Virago Press

April 15, 2021

Sacrament of Bodies by Romeo Oriogun

Sacrament of Bodies by Romeo Oriogun Review—An Originative Work by an Epochal Poet

In his debut collection, the Nigerian poet exults in the beauty of queer bodies even in pain. His voice is prophetic and tourist, filled with experience and wonder.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 7, 2021

Uwem Akpan's New York, My Village.

Uwem Akpan’s Debut Novel, New York, My Village, Is Partly About the Literary Life

Thirteen years after his bestselling collection Say You’re One of Them, the Nigerian Catholic priest is back.
Ernest Ogunyemi

April 2, 2021

TJ Benson by Nelson Apocho.

TJ Benson Holds History and Hope

Thirteen years after he started it, his debut novel The Madhouse finally arrives. This chronicle of the ‘90s, set in northern Nigeria, broadens the familiar for the 29-year-old.
Ernest Ogunyemi

March 25, 2021

The Origin of Name by Adedayo Agarau

The Origin of Name by Adedayo Agarau Review—Narrating Grief

In his third chapbook, the Nigerian poet returns to grief. And he’s telling stories.
Ernest Ogunyemi

March 12, 2021

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is one of the recent literary successes from Northern Nigeria. Credit: Creative Africa.

Bada Murya, a Fellowship for Northern Nigerian Writers, Opens for Applications

The 6-month fellowship, which “invokes the power of narrative to shift perceptions,” is open to writers of poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and drama.
Creative Africa

March 9, 2021

Sefi Atta. From Sefi Atta's Facebook page.

Sefi Atta’s Swallow Is Being Adapted for Netflix by Kunle Afolayan, with Niyola as Lead

It will be the first screenwriting credit for the Nigerian novelist, who co-wrote with Afolayan.
Otosirieze

March 8, 2021

TJ Benson's The Madhouse is the latest book from Masobe Books.

Masobe Books Calls for Fiction Manuscript Submissions

“There is a lot of literary talent out there,” said founder Othuke Ominiabohs. “It is our strong desire to find these gems, to give them a home, so together we can build something noble and beautiful.”
Masobe Books

March 5, 2021

Umar Turaki by Musa Tukurah.

Umar Turaki’s Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold Goes to Little A in Two-Book Deal

“I wanted to write a book that seeks to find wonder in the least likely of places,” said Turaki, whose writing earned praise from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Otosirieze

March 5, 2021

Rasaq Malik Gbolahan's The Other Names of Grief; from Konya Shamsrumi.

Rasaq Malik Gbolahan & Funmi Gaji on Their New Poetry Books from Konya Shamsrumi

Gbolahan’s The Other Names of Grief, which “shows us the way to survival,” and Gaji’s The Script of Bruises, about “space and belonging,” are now available in Nigeria.
Ernest Ogunyemi

March 2, 2021

Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie. From the Guardian.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Just Lost Her Mother

Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie was the first female registrar of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Her passing comes eight months after her husband’s.
Ernest Ogunyemi

February 18, 2021

One of the several viral images from the EndSARS protests; from @theayochase.

#ENDSARS: Documenting Words and Actions for Posterity

Praxis Magazine invites all creatives partaking in this fight to submit non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art on the momentous protests.
Praxis Magazine

February 11, 2021

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún by Ayobami Ogungbe.

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún Appointed Programme Director of Yorùbá Academy

It is “one of the crucial places to make archival, research, literary content in Yorùbá available to the general public, scholars, and students,” the Nigerian linguist and writer says.
Ernest Ogunyemi

February 11, 2021

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Notes on Grief.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Next Book Is About Her Late Father

Notes on Grief will explore collective mourning through the late James Nwoye Adichie’s life as a Biafran War survivor and statistics professor.
Otosirieze

February 4, 2021

Femi Kayode's Lightseekers. From @holly_watt on Twitter.

Femi Kayode’s Debut, Lightseekers, Is a Murder Mystery on a Nigerian Campus

The book, which won the Little, Brown/UEA Crime Fiction Award in 2019, is the first in an investigative series focused on Dr Philip K. Taiwo.
Uzoma Ihejirika

“An ambitious new magazine committed to African literature”

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Join 25,000+ subscribers to essential, in-depth stories in African literature, Nigerian film, & culture: inspiring Profiles, incisive reviews, thought-provoking features & conversations that happen nowhere else. It's premium access to the visions of changemakers, from icons to emerging voices. Plus key industry stories from Folio Nigeria by CNN.

We respect your privacy and will never send you Spam or sell your email.

NO, I DON'T CARE ABOUT AFRICAN WHATEVER.

Top