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December 30, 2020

How Tsitsi Dangarembga, with Her Trilogy of Zimbabwe, Overcame

Her debut novel, Nervous Conditions, is a modern classic, and after The Book of Not, she concludes Tambu’s story with the Booker Prize-shortlisted This Mournable Body. But the literary and film icon never planned for these to take almost four decades.
Otosirieze
Tsitsi Dangarembga.

December 30, 2020

Tsitsi Dangarembga Is on the December 2020 Cover of Open Country Mag

Icon in African literature. Icon in Zimbabwean film. Our debut cover story had to be on a writer whose work lights a way.
Otosirieze
Open Country Mag Reissues Cover of Tsitsi Dangarembga

December 30, 2020

Toni Morrison’s Personal Collection of 1,200+ Books

They include books by and about Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, Gayl Jones, Henry Dumas, James Baldwin, Mark Twain, the Obamas, and the Clintons.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Toni Morrison's personal library. Credit: Brown Harris Stevens.

December 26, 2020

After 5 Years, Afreada Goes to Print

Featuring a selection of its published works, this year’s edition, Issue 00, is free. The magazine is giving away 200 copies to readers.
Uzoma Ihejirika
AFREADA print Issue 00. From @AFREADA on Twitter.

December 26, 2020

Open Country Mag’s Launch Stories

We launch with a host of stories: one profile, two spotlight features, three reviews, and news and videos. And more soon.
Otosirieze

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

Ellah Wakatama Joins Judging Panel for Gerald Kraak Prize 2021

She will serve alongside Mark Gevisser, with Open Country editor-in-chief Otosirieze Obi-Young as chair.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Ellah Wakatama by Ellah Wakatama.

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 30, 2020

Tsitsi Dangarembga.

How Tsitsi Dangarembga, with Her Trilogy of Zimbabwe, Overcame

Her debut novel, Nervous Conditions, is a modern classic, and after The Book of Not, she concludes Tambu’s story with the Booker Prize-shortlisted This Mournable Body. But the literary and film icon never planned for these to take almost four decades.
Otosirieze

December 30, 2020

Open Country Mag Reissues Cover of Tsitsi Dangarembga

Tsitsi Dangarembga Is on the December 2020 Cover of Open Country Mag

Icon in African literature. Icon in Zimbabwean film. Our debut cover story had to be on a writer whose work lights a way.
Otosirieze

December 30, 2020

Toni Morrison's personal library. Credit: Brown Harris Stevens.

Toni Morrison’s Personal Collection of 1,200+ Books

They include books by and about Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, Gayl Jones, Henry Dumas, James Baldwin, Mark Twain, the Obamas, and the Clintons.
Ernest Ogunyemi

December 26, 2020

AFREADA print Issue 00. From @AFREADA on Twitter.

After 5 Years, Afreada Goes to Print

Featuring a selection of its published works, this year’s edition, Issue 00, is free. The magazine is giving away 200 copies to readers.
Uzoma Ihejirika

December 26, 2020

Open Country Mag’s Launch Stories

We launch with a host of stories: one profile, two spotlight features, three reviews, and news and videos. And more soon.
Otosirieze

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

Ellah Wakatama by Ellah Wakatama.

Ellah Wakatama Joins Judging Panel for Gerald Kraak Prize 2021

She will serve alongside Mark Gevisser, with Open Country editor-in-chief Otosirieze Obi-Young as chair.
Ernest Ogunyemi

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

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