by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Apr 28, 2023 | Gist Corner
Nigerian Writers, Arinze Ifeakandu and ‘Pemi Aguda, are among the winners of 2023 O. Henry Prize, an annual American award given to exceptional short stories. Arinze Ifeakandu, a Kirkus Prize finalist and author of the stunning debut, God’s Children Are Little Broken...
by Afreecan Read | Apr 24, 2023 | Gist Corner
The INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD recognized The Miseducation of Obi Ifeanyi by Chinedu Achebe in the category of African American Fiction as the winner. The competition is judged by experts from different aspects of the book industry, including publishers, writers,...
by Ugochukwu Anadị | Apr 22, 2023 | Reviews & Essays
Christ and Eze Obioha Okonkwo, the tragic hero of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, went to death uninvinted. With a rope in his hand, Death must have wondered when its relationship with humans, fraught with mutual spite, became so convivial that Okonkwo now brings...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Apr 12, 2023 | Gist Corner
On Friday, April 7, in an online ceremony, Alex Kadiri was announced as the winner of the 2023 Afritondo Short Story Prize. His entry, The Hyena and the Two-Headed Goat was picked out of a shortlist of five. The judges describe it as “mesmerizing”, a story about a...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Apr 10, 2023 | Gist Corner
6 African writers have made the shortlist for the just announced Commonwealth Short Story prize. The writers include Buke Abduba (Kenya), H. B. Asari (Nigeria), Michael Boyd (South Africa), Hana Gammon (South Africa), Josiah Mbote (Kenya), and Matshediso Radebe (South...
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