by Afreecanread | Feb 8, 2021 | Newsletter
Dear writers and readers, On 19th October 2020 we announced a call for submission for the drama genre, and since then have received a number of submissions. Sadly, these entries have not been satisfactory enough to convince us that the genre has come to stay. The...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Nov 13, 2020 | Gist Corner
1. Uzodinma Iweala born on the 5th of November, 1982 Image: Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. My dad said to me: “You’ve done a great job, but don’t get too high on being the youngest this or the youngest that because someone somewhere will do...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Nov 13, 2020 | Gist Corner
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been announced as the winner of Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Winner of Winners’ for her second novel Half of a Yellow Sun. This one-off award marks the culmination of the Prize’s year-long 25th anniversary celebrations. Thousands of...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Oct 29, 2020 | Gist Corner
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has released a new short story titled, “Zikora.” This is her official piece of fiction seven years after her third novel, Americanah. The short story centers on the life of a Nigerian lawyer living in Washington DC who was abandoned by her...
by Afreecanread | Oct 5, 2020 | Gist Corner
In commemorating sixty years of Nigeria’s independence from the British Colonial Administration in 1960, we curated a list of books that have formed, and are still shaping the frame of reference about Nigeria; her culture, philosophy, history and people. We cannot...
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