by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Sep 20, 2021 | Gist Corner
Nigerian writer Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki is the winner of the 2020 Otherwise Award. Ekpeki announced this vie Twitter: “I’ll be the 1st writer on the continent to win this & the 2nd time in a row a Nigerian is winning, both of us the only Africans to have....
by Afreecan Read | Sep 13, 2021 | Gist Corner
Knoxville, TN―Sundress Publications announces the release of Ugochukwu Damian Okpara’s I Know the Origin of My Tremor, an elegiac collection that tugs at the nerves of our deepest yearnings. These poems explore the types and shades of loss that humankind can...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Sep 6, 2021 | Gist Corner
The first ever Hausa International Book and Arts Festival (HIBAF) is set to take place from October 21 – 23, 2021. The festival is being launched by Open Arts, a literary collective and creative organization based in Northern Nigeria. The festival is one of...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Sep 6, 2021 | Gist Corner
The 2021 shortlist for the African Writers Awards have been announced. The awards are organized by the African Writers Development Trust (AWDT), in partnership with Writers Space Africa Foundation, and Writers Space Africa. Its aim is to support and encourage emerging...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Sep 6, 2021 | Gist Corner
Now in its seventh year, the Lagos International Poetry Festival (LIPFest) has announced its theme for this year’s festival which is scheduled to run from October 21 through 24. This year’s festival is themed “Ancestral Imaginings.” According to a post shared on...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Aug 31, 2021 | Gist Corner
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Nnedi Okorafor, and C. T. Rwizi are on Amazon’s new digital collection of science fiction which features black authors. The anthology also feature works by Nalo Hopkinson, Victor LaValle, and Nisi Shawl. The anthology is titled Black Stars,...
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