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JUNE WRITER OF THE MONTH: Tolulope Popoola

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LATEST

News June 24, 2025

The Noble Warrior Returns to Lagos for a Theatrical Tribute to Wole Soyinka

by Jagravi Dave

Opportunities June 24, 2025

The Shuttle Journal Announces Call for Paper & Pitches on Nigerianness: Manifestations, Syncretism & Globalization | Deadlines July 1 & July 3, 2025

by Jagravi Dave

News June 24, 2025

Sudanese-American Poet Safia Elhillo Named Finalist for the Prestigious 2026 Neustadt International Prize for Literature

by Jagravi Dave

Opportunities June 23, 2025

Call for Abstracts: 3rd Annual Conference on Queer Imaginaries in the Global South | Deadline: July 4, 2025

by Jagravi Dave

News June 23, 2025

The African Book Fair Returns for its Third Edition in Nairobi | August 7-10, 2025

by Jagravi Dave

Stories and Poems June 23, 2025

Psychedelic Grief | Ikenna Ezeani | Fiction

by Ikenna Ezeani

Series• Stories and Poems June 21, 2025

Memoirs of a Lagos Junior Banker: Meet Onome | Tolulope Popoola | Flash Fiction Series

by Tolulope Popoola

Opportunities June 20, 2025

Apply to Kokonut Head Media’s Writers in Residence Program | Deadline: July 1, 2025

by Jagravi Dave

NEWS

News June 20, 2025

Pfumo Collective to Host Free Event in Accra Featuring Emmanuel Iduma, Chiké Frankie Edozien, Victor Ehikhamenor, and Ike Echeruo

by Jagravi Dave

News June 19, 2025

Nigerian Archaeologist and Ghanaian-Descended Filmmaker Win 2025 Dan David Prize, the World’s Largest History Award of $300,000 Each

by Brittle Paper

News June 18, 2025

Nigerian Poets Saddiq Dzukogi, Tobi Kassim, and Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi Join Cave Canem’s 2025 Cohort

by Jagravi Dave

News June 18, 2025

Book Dash Announces New Executive Director Thembalethu Shangase

by Jagravi Dave

News June 17, 2025

Nigerian Curator & Researcher Uchenna Emelife Brought Africanjujuism to Fantasticon 2025

by Jagravi Dave

STORIES & POEMS

Essays• Stories and Poems June 20, 2025

Sinners: From Lagos to Louisiana, The Rema-Beyonce-Coogler Pipeline | Sharon Rose | Essay

Stories and Poems June 20, 2025

Her Mirror, Her Portal | Kamohelo Mokhethi | Poetry

by Kamohelo Mokhethi

Stories and Poems June 18, 2025

House No. 198 | Dammy Ojikutu | Creative Non-Fiction

by Dammy Ojikutu

Stories and Poems June 16, 2025

Skulls | Victor Osemeka | Poetry

by Victor Osemeka

Series• Stories and Poems June 14, 2025

Memoirs of a Lagos Taxi Driver: The In-Law Showdown | Tolulope Popoola | Flash Fiction Series

by Tolulope Popoola