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The judges for the 2021 James Currey Prize for Literature have released... Read More
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The handsome young lecturer ambled into the lecture room and did not... Read More
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Frankfurt Book Fair organisers are planning on hosting an in-person fair this... Read More
Akala’s acclaimed memoir Natives (Two Roads) will be developed into a documentary... Read More
Cast: Daniel Faraldo, Isak Férriz, Yolanda Sey. Director. Ramon Térmens . Writers. Daniel Faraldo, Ramon Térmens The opening scene of Illegal woman is funny. It begins with Fernando Vila, a Spanish immigration lawyer, listening patiently to a silly joke from... Read More
Mama Drama is a beautiful story; it’s the story of a couple’s search for a baby. Those who are lucky to have children without any complication may not fully understand the agony of this young couple; Read More
Philippe Lacôte’s Night of the Kings (French: La Nuit des Rois) wastes little time in bringing us into the heart of its story. “My children, I am naming a new Roman, a new storyteller,” says Blackbeard (Steve Tientcheu), the prison... Read More
In April, Sarz ,one of the most sought-after music producers in Nigeria, announced the release of Tonongo, a record which he produced for r&b/soul singer Lojay, on his Instagram page. The song, accompanied by a dim-lit video shot at a... Read More
While it was difficult to box him a few years back, on this EP, he reined his experimentation and stuck with his expertise, reggae/dancehall with a hint of afropop. Read More
Easily the most prolific of the Afrobeats class of 2011 (including Wizkid, Burna Boy and Davido) Olamide has fought his recent spell of creative wilderness with staggering productivity. How else does one account for the quality dip that birthed Lagos... Read More
The handsome young lecturer ambled into the lecture room and did not waste any time with introductions before delivering his first lecture to the drama class. The students did not understand a word of the teacher who had the movie... Read More
Olukorede Yishau’s Vault of Secrets is a robust offering of ten short stories that explore motifs of secrecy, infidelity, cosmopolitanism and Diasporic experiences. The author also explores subtle monologues and the impending shocks of vaulted secrets. One of the ways... Read More
It strikes me as not very funny that there was a time when a celebrated historian at Oxford University, England, Professor Hugh Trevor-Roper, boldly stated that Africa had no history. The joy today is that the world can count on... Read More
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The judges for the 2021 James Currey Prize for Literature have released the longlist of 10 writers. According to a... Read More
His baritone was like no other. Deep, obviously. Rumbling and tightly controlled so that he could thin it out into... Read More
