A new book, Ngugi: Reflections on his Life of Writing, edited by Simon Gikandi and Ndirangu Wachanga, celebrates Kenya’s most prolific writer. Writing about the book, Professor Wachanga, who has also produced Ngugi wa Thiong’o and Micere Mugo’s documentaries, notes that: What we have put together, Ngugi: Reflections on His Life of Writing, is a multifaceted […]
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Submissions for the Gerald Kraak Prize and Anthology Will Now Be Open Year-Round
Submissions for the Gerald Kraak Prize and Anthology will now be open year-round. The announcement was made by Jacana Literary Foundation (JLF) and The Other Foundation, who administer the Prize. With this new format, the shortlist will now be announced in February 2019 rather than the initial December 2018 schedule. The winner will be announced […]
Tributes Pour in for Ikeogu Oke, NLNG Prize-winning Poet Who Has Passed on at 51
Nigerian poet Ikeogu Oke, who won the 2017 NLNG Prize for his poetry collection The Heresiad, has passed on at the age of 51. He died yesterday, 25 November, at National Hospital, Abuja. On 16 September, on Facebook, he had written: My Epitaph Here lies a man who loved virtue and art, And gave to […]
A Stranger’s Pose | Emmanuel Iduma and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ in Book Chat at Angels & Muse, Lagos
Nigerian authors Emmanuel Iduma and Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ will be in conversation at Angels & Muse, Lagos on November 23. They will be discussing Iduma’s new memoir A Stranger’s Pose. Join Emmanuel Iduma for an evening of intimate chat on his new book, A Stranger’s Pose, a unique blend of travelogue, musings, and poetry. He will be in conversation […]
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