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July 8, 2021

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Shortlisted for Theodore Sturgeon Award 2021

The Nigeria-based writer and editor is shortlisted for his story “Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon,” which has been recognized by a slew of international science fiction awards in the U.S. and the U.K.
Ernest Ogunyemi
OGHENECHOVWE DONALD EKPEKI.

July 4, 2021

The Worldly Ways of Teju Cole

The great writer, street photographer, and art historian’s enquiries lured him onto a solo path in contemporary literature—a completely new terrain for an African writer. Ten years after his debut novel, Open City, he still seeks artistic freedom.
Otosirieze
TEJU COLE. PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTIN LENGEMANN.

July 2, 2021

Teju Cole Is on the July 2021 Cover of Open Country Mag

In the first longform profile of him in an online African publication, we follow the great writer’s reinventive journey in fiction, nonfiction, and photography, to mark the 10th anniversary of his debut novel Open City.
Otosirieze
Open Country Mag Reissues Cover of Teju Cole

July 2, 2021

Chudor House Options Movie Rights to Uduak Akpabio Umoren & Akbar Hussain Novels

In Umoren’s Impostor Alert!, two women meet on a bus heading for Lagos. In Hussain’s forthcoming Truth is a Flightless Bird, two halves of Nairobi fight for superiority.
Narrative Landscape Press
Akbar (Aki) Hussain. Credit: Narrative Landscape Press.

June 25, 2021

Revel, Again, in the Beautiful Absurd

On how to joyfully read, and love, a poem: “If you are one of those who don’t get poetry, I have a song for you.”
Ernest Ogunyemi
Chapbooks from African Poetry Book Fund's box set Nne. Credit: Kimberly Ann Southwick. From blog.pshares.org.

June 22, 2021

Ato Essandoh Performs Young Nigerian Writer’s Sci-Fi Story for Charity

Solomon Uhiara’s “The Extermination Device of the Blacksmith” connects “our ancient technological practices with modern advancements.” Hearing the Django Unchained actor’s audio performance is “thrilling,” he said.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Solomon Uhiara, a young Nigeria-based writer, has his short story performed by Ato Essandoh.

June 21, 2021

Nkemdiche, a Children’s Book of Folklore, Shows the Igbo Worldview in Hair and Beauty Politics

Obi Nwazota’s book, subtitled Why We Do Not Grow Beards, illustrates “an art of female beautification.”
Ọkpara House
Nkemdiche: Why We Do Not Grow Beards.

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.

July 8, 2021

OGHENECHOVWE DONALD EKPEKI.

Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki Shortlisted for Theodore Sturgeon Award 2021

The Nigeria-based writer and editor is shortlisted for his story “Ife-Iyoku, the Tale of Imadeyunuagbon,” which has been recognized by a slew of international science fiction awards in the U.S. and the U.K.
Ernest Ogunyemi

July 4, 2021

TEJU COLE. PHOTOGRAPH BY MARTIN LENGEMANN.

The Worldly Ways of Teju Cole

The great writer, street photographer, and art historian’s enquiries lured him onto a solo path in contemporary literature—a completely new terrain for an African writer. Ten years after his debut novel, Open City, he still seeks artistic freedom.
Otosirieze

July 2, 2021

Open Country Mag Reissues Cover of Teju Cole

Teju Cole Is on the July 2021 Cover of Open Country Mag

In the first longform profile of him in an online African publication, we follow the great writer’s reinventive journey in fiction, nonfiction, and photography, to mark the 10th anniversary of his debut novel Open City.
Otosirieze

July 2, 2021

Akbar (Aki) Hussain. Credit: Narrative Landscape Press.

Chudor House Options Movie Rights to Uduak Akpabio Umoren & Akbar Hussain Novels

In Umoren’s Impostor Alert!, two women meet on a bus heading for Lagos. In Hussain’s forthcoming Truth is a Flightless Bird, two halves of Nairobi fight for superiority.
Narrative Landscape Press

June 25, 2021

Chapbooks from African Poetry Book Fund's box set Nne. Credit: Kimberly Ann Southwick. From blog.pshares.org.

Revel, Again, in the Beautiful Absurd

On how to joyfully read, and love, a poem: “If you are one of those who don’t get poetry, I have a song for you.”
Ernest Ogunyemi

June 22, 2021

Solomon Uhiara, a young Nigeria-based writer, has his short story performed by Ato Essandoh.

Ato Essandoh Performs Young Nigerian Writer’s Sci-Fi Story for Charity

Solomon Uhiara’s “The Extermination Device of the Blacksmith” connects “our ancient technological practices with modern advancements.” Hearing the Django Unchained actor’s audio performance is “thrilling,” he said.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

June 21, 2021

Nkemdiche: Why We Do Not Grow Beards.

Nkemdiche, a Children’s Book of Folklore, Shows the Igbo Worldview in Hair and Beauty Politics

Obi Nwazota’s book, subtitled Why We Do Not Grow Beards, illustrates “an art of female beautification.”
Ọkpara House

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

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