by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | May 29, 2023 | Gist Corner
In a recent announcement, The Commonwealth Short Story Prize announced this year’s regional winners. Hana Gammon emerged Africa regional winner for her piece ‘The Undertaker’s Apprentice.’ “Carefully observed, patiently narrated,” Rémy Ngamije, Africa regional judge,...
by Ugochukwu Anadị | May 25, 2023 | Gist Corner
From 31st of January to the 5th day of February, 2023, the Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church, His Holiness, Pope Francis, embarked on a weeklong visit which he referred to as a ‘Pilgrimage of Peace,’ “aimed at promoting reconciliation in the conflict-ridden...
by Nket Godwin | May 23, 2023 | Reviews & Essays
There is a popular, clichéd philosophical definition of literature (and, by extension, art itself) as the ‘mirror of life’. I would like to add that in such ‘mirror’ we find artists perpetually finding succour, because, while art turns toward life, the artists are...
by Ugochukwu Anadị | May 23, 2023 | Gist Corner
The Pentagram Pictures Media and Research Group, in partnership with the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, the Centre for Memories, Enugu, and the Centre for African Studies, Michigan State University, will today kick off events to commemorate the 220th year of what has...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | May 20, 2023 | Gist Corner
In an online event held on Saturday, 13th May, 2023, Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi was announced winner of the inaugural Chukwuemeka Akachi Prize for Literature. Her poem, “A Conversation Between A Cyborg And A Therapist”, was picked from a shortlist of 12. Honourable mentions...
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