Category: Nigeria
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Ibadan Book and Arts Festival 2025 starts October 24
The Ibadan Book and Arts Festival 2025, with the theme “The Past as Prologue to the Future,” will be held in the Nigerian town from October 24 – 25, 2025. The new Ibadan Book and Arts Festival (IbaFest) is a celebration of African literature, creativity, and cultural dialogue. Rooted in the historic city of Ibadan,…
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Morland Writing Scholarships 2025 shortlist announced.
The Morland Writing Scholarships 2025 shortlists were announced in London, UK, today, Friday, October 17, 2025. The Morland Writing Scholarships for African Writers, popularly referred to as the Morland Writing Scholarship, is an opportunity to allow writers to finish a manuscript. In the past, the scholarship has been accorded to writers from across the continent,…
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Book Digest: Olufemi Terry, Eugen Bacon, Itamar Vieira Junior, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
Our regular Book Digest segment spotlights new books by Olufemi Terry, Itamar Vieira Junior, Eugen Bacon, and Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie. Wilderness of Mirrors by Olufemi Terry Publisher: Restless BooksDate: September 9, 2025 Genre: Fiction Language: English Where to find it: Restless Books Olufemi Terry Olufemi Terry is a Sierra Leone-born writer, essayist, and journalist living…
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TY Buratai Literary Initiative Young Adult Literature Prize 2025 finalists announced
The regional winners of the TY Buratai Literary Initiative Young Adult Literature Prize 2025 were announced in Abuja on Wednesday, October 1, 2025. The TY Buratai Literary Initiative Young Adult Literature Prize is an annual literary competition that recognizes and celebrates outstanding young adult writers in Nigeria, promoting creative writing, encouraging literary excellence, and providing…
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor hosted to Lagos events
Award-winning novelist and short story writer Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor was hosted to a series of events in Lagos at the tail end of September 2025. Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is not a new name to those who read our reporting here at Writing Africa. The Kenyan novelist, the author of the novels Dust (2013) and The…
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Oyin Olugbile wins NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2025
Oyin Olugbile’s novel Sanya is the winner of the NLNG Nigeria Prize for Literature 2025. The announcement was made in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, October 10, 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…
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Hubaidat Oyinkansola Ishola Wins Quramo Writers’ Prize 2025
Hubaidat Oyinkansola Ishola was declared the Quramo Writers’ Prize 2025 winner at a ceremony in Lagos, Nigeria, on Saturday, October 4, 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…
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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…