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October 8, 2026

In Nollywood, an SFX Master Earned His Audience

Before his award-winning work in big dramas Oloibiri, Shanty Town, The Milkmaid, and Jagun Jagun, Hakeem “Effects” Onilogbo, the most decorated makeup artist in the industry, wanted to be an actor. Two decades later, he expresses his craft with the ambition of one.
Oluwatobi Adedayo
Hakeem “Effects” Onilogbo has a prominent place in awards lore, holding the record of wins in makeup and special effects at both of Africa’s two biggest film awards, the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAAs) and the African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCAs). Supplied.

July 9, 2026

“Resist Containment”: Iheoma Uzomba on Interdisciplinary Poetry and Winning the Evaristo Prize

A month after her production Pretty Dangerous: Four Acts on Womanhood wrapped in Canada, the Nigerian artist took home African poetry’s top honour. Her practice is “a way of holding those in-betweens,” she said.
Oluwatobi Adedayo
As a poet, performer, and journalist, Iheoma Uzomba has built a reputation as one of the most versatile young writers on the African scene, scooping a host of prizes.

August 26, 2025

An Igbo Painter Awakens the Native Imagination

The philosophical art world of Chiagoziem Nneamaka Orji.
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera
Chiagoziem Nneamaka Orji

June 7, 2022

“I wanted ‘Love’ to be the narrator”: Roy Udeh-Ubaka on Winning the Gerald Kraak Prize

“Having grown up in a small city in Nigeria where I had to cobble communities—both queer and literary—the value is in becoming a part of this incredible anthology that makes it possible for us all to exist,” said the Nigerian writer.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Roy Udeh-Ubaka by @georgeony on Instagram.

January 11, 2022

On an Eastern Nigerian Campus, a New Literary Hotspot

In Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, writers are gathering to converse and perform at Eagle Nest Book Club. “It is likely we have created something that will outstay us in this place,” said the founders.
Uzoma Ihejirika
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera and Mark Anthony Obumneme Osuchukwu, founders of Eagle Nest Book Club.

October 26, 2021

Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija on Being Jailed and Tortured in Uganda

He was in his bed when soldiers stormed in and confiscated his computer and phones. Their reason: his novel The Greedy Barbarian. In this interview, PEN’s 2021 International Writer of Courage shares his story.
Otosirieze
Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. Photo credit: English PEN.

October 7, 2021

Linking Sierra Leonean Literature

Poda-Poda Stories is a digital platform for writers from Sierra Leone, whose literary scene was disrupted by a decade-long civil war and is now regenerating with great promise. “I started it to look inward and celebrate our own writing,” says editor Ngozi Cole in this interview. “What was missing was building bridges and connections.”
Ernest Ogunyemi
Photo from Sierra Leone Writers Collective on Facebook.

January 8, 2021

After 3 Books in 3 Years, Logan February Is Youngest Winner at The Future Awards Africa

Still only 21, the Nigerian poet-musician, author of Mannequin in the Nude, is writing, singing, and ascending on a path all their own.
Ernest Ogunyemi
Logan February Is Youngest Winner of a Future Awards Africa Prize. From Logan February.

December 26, 2020

Kathēkon, the Nigerian Organisation Founded to Fund Change

It will “provide grants to organisations seeking to transform society through evidence-driven investments in education, social welfare, and civil society.”
Uzoma Ihejirika

October 8, 2026

Hakeem “Effects” Onilogbo has a prominent place in awards lore, holding the record of wins in makeup and special effects at both of Africa’s two biggest film awards, the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAAs) and the African Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCAs). Supplied.

In Nollywood, an SFX Master Earned His Audience

Before his award-winning work in big dramas Oloibiri, Shanty Town, The Milkmaid, and Jagun Jagun, Hakeem “Effects” Onilogbo, the most decorated makeup artist in the industry, wanted to be an actor. Two decades later, he expresses his craft with the ambition of one.
Oluwatobi Adedayo

July 9, 2026

As a poet, performer, and journalist, Iheoma Uzomba has built a reputation as one of the most versatile young writers on the African scene, scooping a host of prizes.

“Resist Containment”: Iheoma Uzomba on Interdisciplinary Poetry and Winning the Evaristo Prize

A month after her production Pretty Dangerous: Four Acts on Womanhood wrapped in Canada, the Nigerian artist took home African poetry’s top honour. Her practice is “a way of holding those in-betweens,” she said.
Oluwatobi Adedayo

August 26, 2025

Chiagoziem Nneamaka Orji

An Igbo Painter Awakens the Native Imagination

The philosophical art world of Chiagoziem Nneamaka Orji.
Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera

June 7, 2022

Roy Udeh-Ubaka by @georgeony on Instagram.

“I wanted ‘Love’ to be the narrator”: Roy Udeh-Ubaka on Winning the Gerald Kraak Prize

“Having grown up in a small city in Nigeria where I had to cobble communities—both queer and literary—the value is in becoming a part of this incredible anthology that makes it possible for us all to exist,” said the Nigerian writer.
Uzoma Ihejirika

January 11, 2022

Michael Chiedoziem Chukwudera and Mark Anthony Obumneme Osuchukwu, founders of Eagle Nest Book Club.

On an Eastern Nigerian Campus, a New Literary Hotspot

In Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, writers are gathering to converse and perform at Eagle Nest Book Club. “It is likely we have created something that will outstay us in this place,” said the founders.
Uzoma Ihejirika

October 26, 2021

Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. Photo credit: English PEN.

Novelist Kakwenza Rukirabashaija on Being Jailed and Tortured in Uganda

He was in his bed when soldiers stormed in and confiscated his computer and phones. Their reason: his novel The Greedy Barbarian. In this interview, PEN’s 2021 International Writer of Courage shares his story.
Otosirieze

October 7, 2021

Photo from Sierra Leone Writers Collective on Facebook.

Linking Sierra Leonean Literature

Poda-Poda Stories is a digital platform for writers from Sierra Leone, whose literary scene was disrupted by a decade-long civil war and is now regenerating with great promise. “I started it to look inward and celebrate our own writing,” says editor Ngozi Cole in this interview. “What was missing was building bridges and connections.”
Ernest Ogunyemi

January 8, 2021

Logan February Is Youngest Winner of a Future Awards Africa Prize. From Logan February.

After 3 Books in 3 Years, Logan February Is Youngest Winner at The Future Awards Africa

Still only 21, the Nigerian poet-musician, author of Mannequin in the Nude, is writing, singing, and ascending on a path all their own.
Ernest Ogunyemi

December 26, 2020

Kathēkon, the Nigerian Organisation Founded to Fund Change

It will “provide grants to organisations seeking to transform society through evidence-driven investments in education, social welfare, and civil society.”
Uzoma Ihejirika

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