Category: Nigeria
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Quramo Festival of Words 2025 starts October 2
The Quramo Festival of Words 2025, with the theme “A Brave New World,” will be held in Lagos, Nigeria, from October 2 – 5, 2025. The Quramo Festival of Words was first hosted in West Africa’s biggest city by Quramo Publishing in 2017. Those who attended the then-new literary festival were treated to events like…
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Anietie Isong’s novel Radio Sunrise is now a feature film
Anietie Isong’s novel Radio Sunrise is set to be released on the big screen on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. In 2017, UK publisher Jacaranda Books introduced the African literary community to Anietie Isong’s debut novel Radio Sunrise, which explored the commodification of journalism and the socio-political realities of the Niger Delta through the lens of…
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Book Digest: Mustapha Enesi, Melanie Raabe, Bhouria Diallo, Angela Flournoy
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Mustapha Enesi, Melanie Raabe, Bhouria Diallo, and Angela Flournoy. I Cry at the Feet of My Other Body By Mustapha Enesi Publisher: Witsprouts BooksDate: September 20, 2025Genre: Fiction, Short StoriesLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Witsprouts Books Mustapha Enesi Mustapha Enesi is Ebira, and his work has…
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Kano International Poetry Festival 2025 starts September 11
Kano International Poetry Festival 2025, with the theme ‘Poetry in a Time of Crisis’, will be held in Kano, Nigeria, from September 11 – 13, 2025. Poetic Wednesdays is a youth-oriented, non-governmental, non-political, and non-partisan entity aimed at promoting literature and literary activities in Northern Nigeria. The Salim Yunusa-founded organisation has hosted events bringing poets…
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Mukoma wa Ngugi, Joke Silva to headline Quramo Festival of Words 2025
Mukoma wa Ngugi and Joke Silva will headline Quramo Festival of Words 2025 with the theme “A Brave New World,” in Lagos, Nigeria, from October 2 – 5, 2025. The Quramo Festival of Words was first hosted in West Africa’s biggest city by Quramo Publishing in 2017. Those who attended the then-new literary festival were…
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NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2025 shortlist announced
The NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2025 shortlist was announced in Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, August 28, 2025. The Nigeria Prize for Literature, worth US$100,000, has celebrated Nigerian authors in the four genres of fiction, poetry, drama, and children’s literature since 2004. Sponsored annually by oil firm NLNG, some of the winners have been Familoni…
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Ikechukwu Henry wins inaugural Ama Ata Aidoo Award
Ikechukwu Henry was declared the winner of the Ama Ata Aidoo Award/Ma Kẹkẹ Short Story Contest at the Ghana International Book Fair 2025 on Saturday, August 23, 2025. The Ma Kẹkẹ Short Story Contest × The Ama Ata Aidoo Award was established to celebrate creativity, encourage emerging voices, and unite African literature across borders. It…
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Book Digest: Alain Mabanckou, Eloghosa Osunde, Blaise Ndala, Cleyvis Natera
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Alain Mabanckou, Eloghosa Osunde, Blaise Ndala, and Cleyvis Natera. Ramses de Paris by Alain Mabanckou Publisher: SeuilDate: August 22, 2025Genre: Fiction Language: FrenchWhere to find it: Seuil Alain Mabanckou Alain Mabanckou is a novelist, journalist, poet, and academic, a French citizen born in the Republic of…
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Prof Niyi Osundare stars at Ibadan Arts and Book Fair prelude event
Prof Niyi Osundare featured at an event on Saturday, August 16, leading up to the Ibadan Arts and Book Fair 2025 to be held from October 24–25, 2025. Nigerian town Ibadan, famous as one of the continent’s literary hubs, will be hosting its inaugural Ibadan Arts and Book Fair (IbaFest) this October. Founded and directed…
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Book Digest: Sefi Atta, Sulaiman Addonia, Nincemon Fallé, Ndiaye Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Sefi Atta, Sulaiman Addonia, Nincemon Fallé, and Ndiaye Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba. Indigene by Sefi Atta Publisher: Interlink BooksDate: August 5, 2025Genre: FictionLanguage: EnglishWhere to find it: Simon & Schuster, Interlink Books Sefi Atta Sefi Atta is the author of the novels Everything Good Will Come, Swallow,…
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Nommo Awards 2025 finalists announced.
The African Speculative Fiction Society’s Nommo Awards 2025 finalists were announced in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Sunday, August 17, 2025. The African Speculative Fiction Society was founded to celebrate speculative fiction genres of magical realism, Sci-Fi, horror, and graphic novels in 2016. In the following year, they introduced the Nommo Awards to celebrate writers in…
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CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa 2025 shortlist announced
The CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa 2025 shortlist, the second edition of the award, was announced on Monday, August 18, 2025. The CANEX Prize for Publishing in Africa recognises the publisher of the best African fiction or non-fiction title. It is open to writers from all over the African continent, with submissions reviewed by…
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Quramo Writers’ Prize 2025 longlist announced
The Quramo Writers’ Prize 2025 longlist was announced in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, August 2, 2025. The Quramo Writers’ Prize is awarded annually to an unpublished fiction manuscript by an unpublished author. Nigeria-based Quramo Publishers founded it to encourage and stimulate a new community of talented writers and to provide an opportunity for otherwise unexposed…
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Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2025 finalists announced
The Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry 2025 finalists were announced on Monday, July 28, 2025. Here are the writers of African descent among them. The Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry is awarded by Arrowsmith Press, in conjunction with Boston Playwrights’ Theatre and The Walcott Festival in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. It is awarded to a full-length book…
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Book Digest: Nathi Ngubane, Christine Pride, Obinna Udenwe, Carrie M Moore
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Nathi Ngubane, Christine Pride, Obinna Udenwe, and Carrie M Moore. Malcolm X in Gaza by Nathi Ngubane Publisher: Atlantic BooksDate: May 20, 2025Genre: Coloring Books for Grown-Ups Language: EnglishWhere to find it: Atlantic Books, Book Lounge Nathi Ngubane Nathi Ngubane is a South African-based writer and…