by abubakaradam | Dec 27, 2016 | Book Talk, Thoughts on Things
2016 is the year Nigeria’s “irreverent generation” have taken on literary giants. Wole Soyinka has been infuriated and heckled by social media critics over his vow to tear up his American Green Card should Donald Trump with the US elections. Chinua Achebe has had his...
by abubakaradam | Jul 11, 2016 | Book Talk
In 2014, the Association of Nigerian Authors published 10 books under the new Nigerian Writers Series (NWS). The experiment has been marred with allegations of extortion, fraud and apathy among many others. In the following report, Arts & Ideas looked at the...
by abubakaradam | Jan 1, 2016 | Book Talk
Efe Paul Azino is one of the outstanding spoken words poets making a name for himself in Nigeria. His debut publication, “For Broken Men Who Cross Often” a book that comes with a CD of his recorded poems, is garnering rave reviews. He is also the director of the Lagos...
by abubakaradam | Dec 28, 2015 | Book Talk
Samira Sanusi, writer and founder of a sickle cell foundation that bears her name is one of the winners of the Marine Platform Prize for writing in Northern Nigeria. Her book S is For Survivor is an account of her ordeal with sickle cell, which included a seven-year...
by abubakaradam | Aug 28, 2015 | Book Talk
Nigerian novelist and short story writer EC Osondu won the Caine Prize in 2009 for his story “Waiting”. Since then he has released a short story collection, Voice of America and now his debut novel, This House is not For Sale, which focuses on a family house and its...
by abubakaradam | Jul 17, 2015 | Book Talk, Thoughts on Things
The 16th Caine Prize for African Writing was awarded to Zambia’s Namwali Serpell. In an unusual gesture, Serpell decided to “share the prize” with her fellow shortlistees. What does this gesture mean for the prize? The annual Caine Prize Dinner had moved. A change...
