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Shortlist in African Human Rights Essay Competition today, 20 make longlist

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

The shortlist of essayists participating in the African Human Rights Essay Competition will be announced today, 28 April, the organisers…

My new opera, ‘Dis Loyal Judas’ not a celebration of Judas – Segun Adefila

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Dis Loyal Judas speaks to the relationship between Jesus Christ and Judas Iscariot and tends to subvert the narrative that…

Amanda Gorman: The story of the poet who stole the show at Biden’s inauguration

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

By Nehru Odeh She represents all that America stands for. A young black skinny girl, she had always dreamt of…

Why Chimamanda is in ‘demand’ everywhere

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

By Nehru Odeh Her fans can’t get enough of her. Aside from her books selling like hot cakes across the…

Chinua Achebe’s African trilogy for television

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

By Nehru Odeh Things Fall Apart, classic Chinua Achebe published in 1958 is to be adapted for television. But Achebe’s…

INTERVIEW: My life as a female drummer – Ara

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

As her name implies, Ara is a wonder on stage. Born Aralola Olumuyiwa, she is the foremost female drummer…

Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Douglas Stuart, a 44-year-old Scotish-American clinches 2020 Man Booker Prize with his debut novel, Shuggie Bain.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie releases new book (Read excerpt)

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

By Nehru Odeh Multiple award-winning writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has just released her first book in over seven years today…

Professor Wole Soyinka Writes a New Novel at 86

Ademola Adegbamigbe

5 years ago

Wole Soyinka at 86 will publish a new novel titled ''Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth'' in November this…

J.P. Clark exits the stage: The poet, his life and art

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

By Nehru Odeh Though born in the creeks of the Niger Delta, he went ahead to bestride the literary world,…

Booker Prize: Why 2020 shortlist is unique

Ayorinde Oluokun

6 years ago

By Nehru Odeh The shortlist of this year’s Booker Prize has just been announced. The six shortlisted nominees announced today…

Video/Throwback: Soyinka, now 86 and his 1986 Nobel Prize

Ademola Adegbamigbe

6 years ago

Professor Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate, marked his 86 years on earth on Monday, 13 July. Thirty four years ago,…

“Arrest the Music!”

Ademola Adegbamigbe

7 years ago

Professor Tejumola Olaniyan who teaches African Cultural Studies and English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, told me some interesting…

£50,000 Booker Prize: Nigerian Novelist, Chigozie Obioma, Shortlisted Again

Ademola Adegbamigbe

7 years ago

Chigozie Obioma, whose 2015 first novel, The Fishermen, was shortlisted for The Booker Prize, is again on this year’s shortlist…

Curator laments demolition of monuments in Nasarawa

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

The National Museums and Monuments , Lafia, Nasarawa State, say it is ready to partner with traditional rulers in its…

Nigeria needs to promote reading culture – Ofeimun

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

Renowned poet, Odia Ofeimun, has admonished that efforts should be made to improve education system toward promotion of reading culture…

Orchard Light Gallery Opens in Ilorin to Promote Contemporary Arts

Michael Adesina

8 years ago

‎A new art gallery, Orchard Light Gallery, was established on June 1, 2018, in Ilorin, Kwara State, by its founders…

2017 Osun-Osogbo festival: Organisers to market creative industry via social content

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

The Osun State Tourism Board says it has introduced social content into this year’s Osun-Osogbo cultural festival to market the…

Literary icon, Emecheta dies at 72

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9 years ago

Veteran author and literary icon, Buchi Emecheta died in London on Thursday at the age of 72. The cause of…

N500,000 up for grabs at ‘Speak Up Bayelsa’

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9 years ago

Speak Up Bayelsa, a public speaking contest organized by FastTrack Consulting is giving away N500,000 to the winner of the…

Our experiences in prisons-Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Ajibade

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9 years ago

Adefoyeke Ajao Legendary Kenya writer, Prof.Ngugi wa Thiong’o and the Executive Editor of The News Magazine, Kunle Ajibade have recounted…

My characters determine the course of my stories-Omotoso

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9 years ago

Yewande Omotoso is an architect and novelist resident in Cape Town. Her widely-acclaimed debut novel, ‘Bom Boy’, won the 2012…

Why I chose to write about aging-Ladipo-Manyika

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9 years ago

Sarah Ladipo-Manyika is an accomplished academic and novelist. Her recently-published novella, ‘Like A Mule Bringing Ice Cream To The Sun’…

2016 Etisalat prize for Literature Longlist announced

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9 years ago

The longlist for the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature has been announced. The list of nine books and authors was…

Ake arts and book festival begins in Abeokuta

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9 years ago

The 2016 edition of the Ake Arts and Book Festival kicked off Thursday with an opening ceremony in Abeokuta, Ogun…

LABAF 2017 to focus on global fractures, collective humanism

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9 years ago

At the end of a four-day fun-filled “fiesta of Ideas and Life”, the 18th edition of the Lagos Book &…

Lagos sets to stage Ewuro drama to tackle violence against women

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9 years ago

Kazeem Ugbodaga With increasing wave of violence against women in the state, the Lagos State Government is set to stage…

At just 19, Kylie Jenner buys third home

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10 years ago

Most 19-year-olds are either living in less-than-glamorous college dorms or still stuck in their parents’ houses until they can afford…

World’s highest-paid actress, making real estate moves

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10 years ago

Jennifer Lawrence, recently crowned the world’s highest-paid actress for the second year in a row, is still working on her…

Lagos@50: FG, States must not allow our cultural heritage to die-Ooni

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10 years ago

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi at the weekend charged Nigeria’s Federal and State Governments not to…

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