With “Wedlock of the Gods,” professor brings Nigerian storytelling and culture to USC main stage — Chinyere Amobi
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News·October 18, 2022·1 min readSri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize 2022 wirh “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida”Shehan Karunatilaka’s supernatural satire The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, which takes place in the midst of a bloody civil... Read More
News·August 7, 2022·1 min readBooker Prize announces 2022 longlistThe longlist for the Booker Prize 2022 has been announced featuring three debuts, the shortest book as well as the... Read More
News·November 4, 2021·1 min readGalgut wins Booker Prize for “The Promise”South African writer Damon Galgut has emerged winner of the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction with The Promise, a novel... Read More
News·October 7, 2021·1 min readAbdulrazak Gurnah named winner of 2021 Nobel Literature PrizeAbdulrazak Gurnah, a Tanzanian novelist from Zanzibar has been announced winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. In awarding... Read More
News·September 14, 2021·1 min readBooker Prize announces final shortlist of six novelsPhoto: Gaby Wood, director of the Booker Prize Foundation The final shortlist of six novels has been revealed for this... Read More
Essays·May 2, 2021·4 min readTime to celebrate Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o‘s legacy – Onyeka NwelueNgũgĩ wa Thiong’o. The name itself is magical. Peculiar tone markers, an apostrophe in an unusual place, distinct from where... Read More
News·March 30, 2021·3 min readNgũgĩ wa Thiong’o nominated as author and translator for International Booker Prize.Kenyan novelist’s ‘The Perfect Nine’ is first work written in an indigenous African language to be longlisted Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o... Read More
News·November 20, 2020·1 min readDouglas Stuart Wins 2020 Booker Prize For Debut Novel, Shuggie BainCongratulations to Douglas Stuart for bagging this year’s Booker Prize with his debut novel Shuggie Bain. This year’s 2020 Booker... Read More
News·September 15, 2020·1 min readBooker Prize Introduces diverse shortlist; six finalists include four debuts.With four writers of colour among its six authors, the shortlist, announced on Tuesday, is the most diverse line-up in... Read More
News·January 10, 2020·1 min readThe 2020 Gatekeepers for one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world; The Booker PrizeIt was announced days ago, in a post on social media and we are beyond excited by the choice of... Read More
Literary Essays·December 15, 2019·6 min readThree and a half market days of Chigozie Obioma- Osareme EdeoghonI had just returned from a private hospital in Sheffield when I found a message from the producer of the... Read More
News·December 4, 2019·1 min readBernadine Evaristo calls out BBC NewsBernadine Evaristo joint winner of the 2019 Booker prize is in the news again. In a recent BBC news, a... Read More