Paperworth Books Limited announces a book presentation and reading for the debut novel, In the Name of Murder, by author Derek Somto Nwokoye. The event…
I once posited elaborately on the position of Skip Gates—I believe—regarding critical canons and the particularity of looking at works. He argues that all works…
Dream Count is not the sweeping saga of Adichie’s acclaimed Americanah or the generational epic of Half of a Yellow Sun. Instead, it’s a finely-wrought,…
Blooming Under Bradford Skies is a masterful assemblage of rich works by Nigerian and British writers who have made Bradford their home. Under the literary…
In his striking debut collection, I Cry at the Feet of My Other Body and Other Stories, Mustapha Enesi turns his sharp eye to the…
The conversation surrounding contemporary African literature has long been shadowed by the “colonisation of language,” a concern powerfully articulated by the late Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.…
In an era where the mainstream trends often overshadow local narratives, there is a new voice championing the retention of the Yoruba language in the…
Witsprouts has officially announced the shortlist for its 2025 Witsprouts Storytelling Prize, a literary initiative designed to revive the rich African tradition of oral storytelling…
Nana Sule’s debut novel, Not So Terrible People, is a collection of 11 speculative and mysterious tales, a bold mix of ghosts, angels, jinn, and…
