Sefi Atta’s latest novel, The Bead Collector, is historical fiction as well as an ideological treatise. But it is also, as with many of Sefi Atta’s works, a book that riffs on class and family dysfunction. In this conversation with Toni Kan, Sefi talks about the place of history in her work, growing up in […]
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All the Photos From the 2018 Dusty Manuscript Writing Boot Camp
The Dusty Manuscript Contest was created by Okada Books to break down the barriers facing aspiring writers in the Nigerian publishing industry. They teamed up with GT Bank’s YOU READ Initiative and Farafina Books to offer cash prizes and publishing contracts to the winning writers. To expand the mandate of the contest beyond selecting three […]
20 Budding Nigerian Writers Make It to Next Stage of the GTBank Dusty Manuscript Contest
After spending several weeks poring over more than 1000 stories submitted for the Dusty Manuscript Contest, the judges of the competition have selected their top 20 entries. The selected entries are: Devil‘s Pawn by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson Home to the Hill by Eunice Ekelaka Sambisa by Mohammed, Fatima Aliko The Smell of Rain by Nneoma […]
The Dusty Manuscript Contest | GTBank Announces New Book Prize To Be Judged by Ainehi Edoro, Eghosa Imasuen, Toni Kan, Yejide Kilanko
Guaranty Trust Bank has announced a new book prize called The Dusty Manuscript Contest. It will be Judged by Ainehi Edoro, Brittle Paper editor and Marquette University Assistant Professor of Literature; Eghosa Imasuen, author of Fine Boys (2012); Toni Kan, author of the NDDC/Ken Saro Wiwa Prize-winning Nights of a Creaking Bed; and Yejide Kilanko, poet and finalist for the 2017 […]
Nigerian Writer Toni Kan Unveiled as Brand Ambassador for Samsung Galaxy
Something quite unprecedented took place in the Nigerian literary scene this week. Nigerian writer Toni Kan was made a brand ambassador for the Samsung Galaxy Note 5. Kan announced it on Facebook two days ago, saying: It is a fabulous time to be a Nigerian writer. I have just been formally announced as brand endorser for […]
A Friendly Reading Match! | Photos from Lagos Literary Event Featuring Victor Ehikhamenor and Toni Kan
Last Sunday, two celebrated figures in the Nigerian literary community went head to head in a bid to settle scores between fiction and non-fiction. Victor Ehikhamenor is an artist and essayist. Toni Kan is a Lagos-based fiction writer. In what many are calling an unusual literary event, they challenged each other in a reading duel hosted […]
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