by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Aug 16, 2021 | Gist Corner
Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been announced as the headliner for 2021 the Ake Arts & Book Festival. The festival organizers announced this view their Twitter handle. This year’s festival which will be happening in Lagos from October 28-30 is themed...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Aug 16, 2021 | Gist Corner
Kwame Dawes’s African Poetry Digital Portal has received the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant. The grant comes with a three-year grant of $750,000 for the next phase of the project: “expanding research and scholarship relating to African poetry and joining with other...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Aug 16, 2021 | Gist Corner
Akwaeke Emezi’s second YA novel, Bitter, is forthcoming in February 2022. The novel is prequel to their debut YA novel, Pet (2018). Here is a synopsis from the novel: ”From National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi comes a companion novel to the critically acclaimed...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Aug 16, 2021 | Gist Corner
This month, to mark its 2021 August break schedule, Narrative Landscape Press will be publishing six Nigerian editions of books by some African authors. Here are the list of books they will be publishing: The Nigerian editions of Notes on Grief by Chimamanda...
by Anthony Dim | Aug 9, 2021 | Gist Corner
While news of Chimamanda Adichie´s calling out a catholic priest in her home town of Abba still makes the rounds on social media, she has recently appeared at the book launch of the retired Cardinal Archbshop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan. “I just want to...
by Chibuike Ogbonnaya | Aug 4, 2021 | Gist Corner
JACK GRAPES POETRY PRIZE: is an annual contest from Cultural Weekly. The prize recognize three winners with $500 each, plus publication. Nine finalists will receive $100 and publication. No simultaneous submissions. Submit early before they close! The Forge...
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