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April 29, 2022

After 4-Way Auction, W&N Acquires UK Rights to Arinze Ifeakandu’s “Future Classic”

The author of God’s Children Are Broken Little Things is “destined to join the ranks of artists such as Zadie Smith and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

April 27, 2022

Isele Prizes: Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo Named Winners

Umezurike and Okonkwo won for poetry and fiction, respectively, and Nora Nneka won for nonfiction.
Open Country Mag
Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike.

April 27, 2022

Umar Turaki’s Pre-Publication Book Launch

The Nigerian novelist’s debut Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold is forthcoming on May 1, from Little A.
Otosirieze
Umar Turaki's debut novel, Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold.

April 18, 2022

Abdulrazak Gurnah & Warsan Shire Set for PEN World Voices Festival 2022

Other African writers participating include Laila Lalami, Ousman Umar, Tochi Onyebuchi, and Leila Slimani.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Abdulrazak Gurnah by Mark Pringle.

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
Ani Kayode Somtochukwu by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu.

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
Okey Ndibe by Rex Features/Associated Press.

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
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie by Manny Jefferson

April 4, 2022

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & Pemi Aguda Win 2022 O. Henry Prizes

Adichie, who guest-edited the 2021 anthology and is winning for the third time, was selected for her story “Zikora.”
Otosirieze
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie by Manny Jefferson.

March 31, 2022

Tsitsi Dangarembga, Emmanuel Iduma, & Siphiwe Ndlovu Win Windham-Campbell Prizes

Each of the 8 winners will receive $165,000.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Tsitsi Dangarembga. By Hannah Mertz in The Guardian

March 29, 2022

I.S. Jones Named Editor-in-Chief of Frontier Poetry

“My mission,” said the Nigerian American poet, “is to continue giving a space for both emerging writers, international writers, and writers negotiating themselves between multiple languages.”
Otosirieze
I.S. Jones by Nicholas Nichols.

March 27, 2022

Mary-Alice Daniel Wins Yale Younger Poets Prize

Her manuscript, Mass for Shut-Ins, was praised for its “potent incantations” and called “Flowers of Evil for the 21st century.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Mary Alice-Daniel. Credit: news.yale.edu.

March 27, 2022

Isele Magazine Announces Shortlists for Prizes

Finalists include poets Romeo Oriogun, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, and Itiola Jones, and short story writers Troy Onyango and Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Isele Magazine's "The Woman Issue."

March 22, 2022

The Brunel Prize Announces 2022 Shortlist of 7 Poets

The judges praised the finalists as “African voices liberated from prescriptions of form and ideas.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Adedayo Agarau, the new editor-in-chief of Agbowo Magazine.

March 11, 2022

Mary Watson Wins Philida Literary Award

It goes to “an oeuvre of literary excellence” in South Africa.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Mary Watson. From writersandartists.co.uk.

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
tola okogwu

March 8, 2022

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

The 2022 prize will consider poetry books.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
cheluchi onyemelukwe - the son of the house

February 10, 2022

Damon Galgut Is a Finalist for the 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize

The South African stylist, just announced as the February 2022 cover star of Open Country Mag, makes the shortlist with his Booker Prize-winning novel The Promise.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
Author Damon Galgut at the 2021 Booker Prize Awards Ceremony in London, Wednesday Nov. 3, 2021. South African writer Damon Galgut wins the Booker Prize for fiction for “The Promise”. (David Parry/PA via AP)

February 10, 2022

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Wins $50,000 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature

The judges called the Kenyan author a “transformative figure in African Literature.”
Paula Willie-Okafor
Ngugi wa Thiong'o by Steve Zylius/UCI.

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 7, 2022

Over 100 Writers Sign Open Letter on Missing Rwandan Poet Innocent Bahati

Ben Okri, J.M. Coetzee, Margaret Atwood, and Michael Ondaatje are among those urging Rwandan President Paul Kagame to intervene in the case.
Otosirieze
The poet Innocent Bahati has been missing in Rwanda for a year now.

April 29, 2022

Arinze Ifeakandu by Bec Stupak Diop.

After 4-Way Auction, W&N Acquires UK Rights to Arinze Ifeakandu’s “Future Classic”

The author of God’s Children Are Broken Little Things is “destined to join the ranks of artists such as Zadie Smith and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 27, 2022

Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike.

Isele Prizes: Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo Named Winners

Umezurike and Okonkwo won for poetry and fiction, respectively, and Nora Nneka won for nonfiction.
Open Country Mag

April 27, 2022

Umar Turaki's debut novel, Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold.

Umar Turaki’s Pre-Publication Book Launch

The Nigerian novelist’s debut Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold is forthcoming on May 1, from Little A.
Otosirieze

April 18, 2022

Abdulrazak Gurnah by Mark Pringle.

Abdulrazak Gurnah & Warsan Shire Set for PEN World Voices Festival 2022

Other African writers participating include Laila Lalami, Ousman Umar, Tochi Onyebuchi, and Leila Slimani.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

April 7, 2022

Ani Kayode Somtochukwu by Ani Kayode Somtochukwu.

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

Okey Ndibe by Rex Features/Associated Press.

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 5, 2022

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie by Manny Jefferson

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

April 4, 2022

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie by Manny Jefferson.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie & Pemi Aguda Win 2022 O. Henry Prizes

Adichie, who guest-edited the 2021 anthology and is winning for the third time, was selected for her story “Zikora.”
Otosirieze

March 31, 2022

Tsitsi Dangarembga. By Hannah Mertz in The Guardian

Tsitsi Dangarembga, Emmanuel Iduma, & Siphiwe Ndlovu Win Windham-Campbell Prizes

Each of the 8 winners will receive $165,000.
Uzoma Ihejirika

March 29, 2022

I.S. Jones by Nicholas Nichols.

I.S. Jones Named Editor-in-Chief of Frontier Poetry

“My mission,” said the Nigerian American poet, “is to continue giving a space for both emerging writers, international writers, and writers negotiating themselves between multiple languages.”
Otosirieze

March 27, 2022

Mary Alice-Daniel. Credit: news.yale.edu.

Mary-Alice Daniel Wins Yale Younger Poets Prize

Her manuscript, Mass for Shut-Ins, was praised for its “potent incantations” and called “Flowers of Evil for the 21st century.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

March 27, 2022

Isele Magazine's "The Woman Issue."

Isele Magazine Announces Shortlists for Prizes

Finalists include poets Romeo Oriogun, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, and Itiola Jones, and short story writers Troy Onyango and Esther Ifesinachi Okonkwo.
Paula Willie-Okafor

March 22, 2022

Adedayo Agarau, the new editor-in-chief of Agbowo Magazine.

The Brunel Prize Announces 2022 Shortlist of 7 Poets

The judges praised the finalists as “African voices liberated from prescriptions of form and ideas.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

March 11, 2022

Mary Watson. From writersandartists.co.uk.

Mary Watson Wins Philida Literary Award

It goes to “an oeuvre of literary excellence” in South Africa.
Paula Willie-Okafor

March 8, 2022

tola okogwu

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

cheluchi onyemelukwe - the son of the house

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

The 2022 prize will consider poetry books.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

February 10, 2022

Author Damon Galgut at the 2021 Booker Prize Awards Ceremony in London, Wednesday Nov. 3, 2021. South African writer Damon Galgut wins the Booker Prize for fiction for “The Promise”. (David Parry/PA via AP)

Damon Galgut Is a Finalist for the 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize

The South African stylist, just announced as the February 2022 cover star of Open Country Mag, makes the shortlist with his Booker Prize-winning novel The Promise.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

February 10, 2022

Ngugi wa Thiong'o by Steve Zylius/UCI.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Wins $50,000 PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature

The judges called the Kenyan author a “transformative figure in African Literature.”
Paula Willie-Okafor

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 7, 2022

The poet Innocent Bahati has been missing in Rwanda for a year now.

Over 100 Writers Sign Open Letter on Missing Rwandan Poet Innocent Bahati

Ben Okri, J.M. Coetzee, Margaret Atwood, and Michael Ondaatje are among those urging Rwandan President Paul Kagame to intervene in the case.
Otosirieze

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