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April 27, 2022

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

April 27, 2022

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

April 18, 2022

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

April 7, 2022

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.”

April 7, 2022

The podcast, with co-host Emeka Onyeagwa, is a “deep and often entertaining insight into Nigerian current affairs and culture.”

April 5, 2022

The “joyful and tender” Mama’s Sleeping Scarf, forthcoming from HarperCollins Children’s Books, was written when her daughter was 3 years old.

April 4, 2022

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

March 29, 2022

“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.”

March 27, 2022

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

March 27, 2022

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

March 22, 2022

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

March 11, 2022

It goes to “an oeuvre of literary excellence” in South Africa.

March 8, 2022

The production will be by Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and David Oyelowo’s Yoruba Saxon.

February 10, 2022

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.

February 10, 2022

The judges called the Kenyan author a “transformative figure in African Literature.”

February 7, 2022

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

February 5, 2022

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.”

April 27, 2022

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

April 27, 2022

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

April 18, 2022

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

April 7, 2022

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.”

April 7, 2022

The podcast, with co-host Emeka Onyeagwa, is a “deep and often entertaining insight into Nigerian current affairs and culture.”

April 5, 2022

The “joyful and tender” Mama’s Sleeping Scarf, forthcoming from HarperCollins Children’s Books, was written when her daughter was 3 years old.

April 4, 2022

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

March 29, 2022

“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.”

March 27, 2022

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

March 27, 2022

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

March 22, 2022

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

March 11, 2022

It goes to “an oeuvre of literary excellence” in South Africa.

March 8, 2022

The production will be by Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and David Oyelowo’s Yoruba Saxon.

February 10, 2022

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.

February 10, 2022

The judges called the Kenyan author a “transformative figure in African Literature.”

February 7, 2022

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

February 5, 2022

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.”

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