‘…We mustn’t over-valorise the socio-political’ Ogaga Ifowodo journeys back in time to childhood in Augusta’s Poodle to exhume those arresting memories that are peculiar to…
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Remi Raji: Poetry can inspire individual, group imagination, new aesthetics among new audiences
by anote‘…All (four) categories can be awarded same year, every year, to give more leverage, stature to the prize’ ‘…Prize can support at least one international…
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Being nominated several times come with its own excitement, validation, expectation, says Obari Gomba
by anote…Prize administrators keep enriching Nigeria’s cultural calendar …The aesthetics of art cannot be replaced with the decibel of politics Obari Gomba (an Associate Dean, Faculty…
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‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ vs ‘New York, My Village’: Literature meets politics as Uwem Akpan responds to fans’ questions
by anoteThis is a two-part interview about Uwem’s novel, New York, My Village (Norton, Nov 2021 & Parresia Nigeria, March 2022). His first book, Say You’re…
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I knew that I wanted to shout but I wanted the world to hear my voice, says James Eze
by anote…While everything else is failing in Nigeria, creative writing is blooming …The Nigeria Prize for Literature is a reminder that we have not lost everything…