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Features, Lit Scene May 22, 2013

#literaryinventions | A Note on Form by Ben Okri

“The following tales are properly called “stokus.” A stoku is an amalgam of short story and haiku. It is story as it inclines towards a flash of a moment, insight, vision or paradox. It’s origin is mysterious, its purpose is revelation, its form compact, its subject infinite. Its nature is enigma as it finds tentative […]

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Stories and Poems April 15, 2013

Belonging by Ben Okri

I had gone into a house by accident or maybe not. Originally I was searching for Margaret House, a mansion block. Anyway I went into this flat and the man of the house took me for his in-law, whom he had never met, or had met once before, a long time ago. He began saying […]

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Features February 14, 2020

#Valentine’sDay | Which Book Character Are You in Love With? 17 Writers Tell Us

Brittle Paper's Top 15 Debut Books of 2019

Writers love to write about love. Even in the fabric of fundamentally political books are scintillating love stories. These love […]

Features February 14, 2020

Professor Taban Lo Liyong Suspended by University of Juba Over Open Letter on South Sudanese States’ Boundaries

Taban Lo Liyong - Taste of South Sudan

The prominent South Sudanese academic and writer Taban Lo Liyong has been suspended without pay by the University of Juba, […]

Features February 14, 2020

Attend SBMEN’s Workshop: Developing an Editor’s Mindset | 22-23 February 2020

SBMEN 2020 February Workshop_Press Release

PRESS RELEASE: SBMEN Announces Its First Editing Workshop for Editors and Writers This February 2020 Lagos, 14 February 2020 — […]

Features February 14, 2020

“He was the most generous writer of his generation”: Pwaangulongii Dauod on Binyavanga’s Passion & Love

Binyavanga Wainaina by Victor Dlamini

The great Binyavanga Wainaina passed on in May 2019 at the age of 48. He may have left behind just […]

Features February 14, 2020

Enter for Boston Review’s (Free) 2020 Short Story & Poetry Contests Worth $1,000 & Publication

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The US-based magazine Boston Review has announced short story and poetry contests, each worth $1,000 and publication, both based on “a […]

Features February 14, 2020

Tochi Onyebuchi Talks New Book, Riot Baby, on Trevor Noah’s The Daily Show

Tochi Onyebuchi on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah - tor.com

The Nigerian novelist Tochi Onyebuchi was on Trevor Noah’s The Daily Show to discuss his new YA book Riot Baby. […]