Literature written to inspire and motivate often gets a bad rap, but if Nigeria desires to defeat a culture of apathy and instil an ethos of civic leadership in its youth, then the daring feats and accomplishments of everyday local heroes need to be documented in a format digestible by young audiences
Tag: Lola Shoneyin
The Royal Society of Literature (RSL) has elected Nigerian author and cultural producer Lola Shoneyin…
March 10, 2026 marked seven years since multi-hyphenate – Poet/Prose Stylist/Academic/Public Intellectual, Pius Adesanmi, departed…
Lola Shoneyin’s bestselling 2010 novel The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives is coming to…
The 2025 edition of the Aké Arts & Book Festival, marking its 13th anniversary, has…
You had tried to picture what Sylt life would be like, but it seemed so different from what you knew that you could not summon a proper mental image of the island, nor island life. Even the googled images did not help
The Aké Arts and Book Festival, a celebration of literature, art and culture, is expected…
The 11th edition of the Aké Arts and Book Festival commenced in Lagos on Thursday,…
The 11th edition of the highly anticipated Aké Arts and Book Festival (AABF) promises a…
The Aficionado Award, a new collaboration between Frankfurter Buchmesse and Torino’s book fair, has been…
Sterling Bank Plc has said it is committed to continuing to support the annual Ake…
Ake Arts and Books Festival (AABF) will return to Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital this…