The Nigerian writer and filmmaker Jude Idada has been awarded the 2019 Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Prize for Literature, for his third children’s book Boom Boom, a novel that explores sickle cell disease. On the shortlist were Dunni Olatunde’s Mysteries at Ebenezer’s Lodge and O.T. Begho’s The Great Walls of Benin. The longlist of […]
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The CORA-NLNG Prize Book Party Was an Evening to Remember
Although the general misconception is that writers and book lovers are boring people, the CORA-The Nigeria Prize for Literature Book Party 2019 is proof of how untrue that is. On the 28th of July, 2019, Shell Hall at The MUSON Centre in Lagos was packed with guests who had come to spend an afternoon with […]
Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Jude Idada Lead 2019 NLNG Prize Longlist for Children’s Literature
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Prize for Literature has announced its 2019 longlist, led by I Do Not Come to You by Chance novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani and previous prize finalist Jude Idada. At $100,000, the NLNG Prize for Literature is the richest in Africa, and honours a published book. Founded in 2004, it […]
NLNG Prize-shortlisted Playwright Jude Idada Accuses Nollywood Actress Omoni Oboli of Stealing His Script
The ANA Prize-winning playwright Jude Idada, whose Oduduwa, King of the Edos was shortlisted for the 2014 NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature, has accused Nollywood star actress Omoni Oboli of stealing his script for use in her new film, Okafor’s Law. The accusation, which first surfaced in September of 2016, gained traction this year and […]
Event | Treat Yourself to a Night of African Stories | Jude Idada’s Toronto Book Launch
For those living in Toronto, here’s is a chance to treat yourself to a special literary night-out. Jude Idada is launching two of his literary works—By My Own Hands + Didi Kanu and the Singing Dwarfs from the North—at a swanky Toronto bar. Enjoy fun conversations about African literature as you sip on delicious beer, […]
Transforming Nollywood, One Script Writer at a Time—Afrinolly’s Cinema4Change
By Pearl Osibu I’m Pearl Osibu — Literary writer, blogger, fashion designer. Notice, not a screenwriter. Or shall we say I wasn’t a screenwriter? I, now most definitely, am, and that’s the tale. The rest is detail. Afrinolly partnered with Ford foundation and gathered together a potpourri of writers of different genres— the screenwriters, […]
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