by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Jan 28, 2024 | Gist Corner
The Dylan Thomas Prize is back this year again and two sterling African writers have made its longlist: Ayòbámi Adébáyò for A Spell of Good Things; and Caleb Azumah Nelson for Small Worlds. Ayòbámi Adébáyò was previously longlisted in 2018 for her debut Stay With Me...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Jan 28, 2024 | Gist Corner
Top: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Sharon Dodua Otoo Bottom:Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Mia Couto, Chidi Ebere Novels by five African authors are among the 70 books nominated by libraries around the world for the 2023 Dublin Literary Award. They are: Chidi Ebere for Now I Am...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Jan 23, 2024 | Gist Corner
The SprinNG Writing Fellowship (SWF) has opened this year, again, to receive a new set of cohorts. A 6- week intensive online mentorship programme, it is dedicated to developing Nigerian, Ghanaian, Liberian, and South African writers with “great potential and...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Jan 19, 2024 | Gist Corner
In a pinned tweet on their X page, multi-award winning Nigerian Author, Akwaeke Emezi, has announced a forthcoming novel. Titled Little Rot, the novel runs at 288 pages. Goodreads describes it as a “whirling journey through the city’s dark side, told through the eyes...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Jan 8, 2024 | Gist Corner
In 2023, the annual Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) put out a call for entries on the theme: “Unity, Truth, Justice, and Change..” The response to the call birthed a “vibrant tapestry of verses”whose light shone on pertinent Nigerian issues. Three winners...
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