I’m obviously happy and thankful that our work resonated with so many people in so many places. Every such story – and especially those that transcend geographical borders – reminds us that we’re not that different after all
Interviews/Profiles
Rosemary Okafor, author of Field of Grace (Paperworth Books, 2026), a tender and imaginative love…
Now based between Lagos and Toronto, Elsie is bringing a new kind of African digital storytelling to the world. She’s bilingual in culture, able to code-switch between Afrobeat street trends and Western pop references with ease. This ability to exist in multiple cultural spaces without diluting her message makes her relatable, magnetic, and globally relevant.
For years, audiences have known Adrien Brody as the intense, Oscar-winning actor, a master of…
Michael Afenfia has just released his eighth book, Head of the Baptist, from Paperworth Books,…
She was a very unconventional writer, forthright in her blackness, in her beauty, in her brilliance, and she brought everything to the table and created a book that was so such a different world than the one that I lived in, but it’s such a black world too, an African-American world, and it’s one I really appreciated and um yeah, it pretty much helped cultivate me more as a writer.
Ahead of the highly anticipated premiere of The Call at the Lagos International Theatre Festival…
As anticipation builds for the Lagos International Theatre Festival (LITF), veteran actor and playwright Bimbo…
Ndidi Chiazor-Enenmor is a multi-talented author and passionate advocate for education, children’s rights and cultural…
Uche Peter Umezurike is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary in Canada. The…
Olatunbosun Taofeek’s love for writing is inspired by his area of interest as a psychobiographer.…
Jumoke Verissimo is a prolific writer known for her work across various genres. Her latest…