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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The 2018 Brittle Paper Award for Essays & Think Pieces: Meet the 7 Finalists
The shortlists for the 2018 Brittle Paper Awards were announced in October. Begun in 2017 to mark our seventh anniversary, the Awards aim to recognize the finest, original pieces of writing by Africans published online. The $1,100 prize is split across five categories: the Brittle Paper Award for Fiction ($200), the Brittle Paper Award for Poetry ($200), the Brittle Paper Award for Creative Nonfiction ($200), the Brittle Paper Award […]
Watch the Book Trailer for A Stranger’s Pose, Emmanuel Iduma’s Mix of Travelogue and Photography
Forthcoming from Cassava Republic Press—globally on 16 October, 2018 and in the US on 7 November, 2018—Nigerian writer and art critic Emmanuel Iduma’s A Stranger’s Pose is a mix of memoir, travelogue, and photography: an expansion of travel writing in African literature, a genre with little published in it so far. At 208 pages, A Stranger’s Pose is a immersive […]
Emmanuel Iduma’s A Stranger’s Pose Mixes Memoir, Travelogue, and Photography, Reinventing African Travel Writing
Nigerian writer and art critic Emmanuel Iduma is the editor of Saraba magazine and a faculty member of the MFA Art Writing program at the School of Visual Arts, New York. His first book, a novel, was published by Parresia in 2012 as Farad, and republished by The Mantle in 2016 as The Sound of Things […]
Photos | Ake Festival: Day 3 | Saraba’s Launch of Its First Print Issue
At the 2017 Ake Arts and Book Festival, Saraba magazine launched its first print issue. Themed Transitions, the issue features short fiction, reportage, travel writing, poetry, and photography. Its cover art is by Ojima Abalaka, whose artwork has appeared in The New York Times. Among the contributors are: 2014 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets winner Ladan Osman; […]
Saraba Editor Emmanuel Iduma Profiled in Africa Is a Country, Awarded an Andy Warhol Foundation Grant
The Nigerian novelist Emmanuel Iduma, fresh from being profiled by Africa Is a Country following the publication of the first print issue of Saraba magazine which he edits, has been awarded an Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant “supports writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art” with funds […]
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