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...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Jan 7, 2024 | Gist Corner
On Dec 31, SEVHAGE Prizes wrapped up the year by announcing the winners of their literary prizes. The overall winner of each category will be awarded 100,000 naira and a complimentary certificate; runners-up will be awarded 5000 naira and complimentary certificates...
by Mhembeuter Jeremiah Orhemba | Dec 19, 2023 | Gist Corner
Following the release of a longlist and shortlist, The Unserious Collective, an annual fellowship that is awarded to four Nigerian emerging poets, unveils their 2023 fellows: Elias Udo-Ochi Iheoma J. Uzomba Micheal Imossan Sodïq Oyèkànmí In an official announcement on...
by Ugochukwu Anadi | Dec 13, 2023 | Gist Corner
In May, 1803, a group of 75 Igbo people taken from Nigeria and transported to the US for auctioning as slaves chose independence over slavery – even when independence meant death. While chained and packed like worthless commodities in a small vessel named ‘The...
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