Tag: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

  • Abubakar Adam Ibrahim for Nairobi in September

    Abubakar Adam Ibrahim for Nairobi in September

    Abubakar Adam Ibrahim will be doing readings at Goethe Institut’s Literary Crossroads and the Storymoja Festival in Nairobi in September 2017. Abubakar Adam Ibrahim. Readers of this blog must be tired that we keep writing about this writer but we can’t help ourselves. The man showed up in our lives in 2014 with his short…

  • Channels Book Club unveils their top 20 Nigerian Books of 2016

    Channels Book Club unveils their top 20 Nigerian Books of 2016

    Channels Book Club, one of the few TV shows on the continent dedicated to books, have unveiled their top 20 Nigerian Books of 2016. Some of the authors featured on this list include Leye Adenle, Johwor Ile, Elnathan John and Helon Habila. The Channels Book Club is a book and author based program aiming to…

  • Residencies galore: Ukamaka Olisakwe, Zukiswa Wanner, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

    Residencies galore: Ukamaka Olisakwe, Zukiswa Wanner, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

    African writers like Ukamaka Olisakwe, Zukiswa Wanner, Abubakar Adam Ibrahim and others are currently either in the middle of or headed to residencies galore. “Artist-in-residence programs and other residency opportunities exist to invite artists, academicians, curators, and all manner of creative people for a time and space away from their usual environment and obligations. They provide a…

  • Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Chika Unigwe and Elnathan John make Nigeria Prize for Literature 2016 shortlist

    Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Chika Unigwe and Elnathan John make Nigeria Prize for Literature 2016 shortlist

    Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, Chika Unigwe and Elnathan John have been announced in the Nigeria Prize for Literature 2016 shortlist. The Nigeria Prize for Literature sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited is the richest prize in African literature with the winner going home with US$100,000. The prize rotates around four genres; Fiction, Poetry, Drama and Children’s literature.…

  • A Review of Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Season of Crimson Blossoms

    A Review of Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Season of Crimson Blossoms

    Book: Season of Crimson Blossoms Author: Abubakar Adam Ibrahim Publisher: Parresia Books Year of publication: 2015 Number of pages: 345 Genre: Fiction Abubakar Adam Ibrahim is not an unknown name in the world of African literature. Some of his many accolades include being shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African writing, a BBC African performance…

  • Super Thursday: Zukiswa Wanner, Panashe Chigumadzi and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

    Super Thursday: Zukiswa Wanner, Panashe Chigumadzi and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim

    Zukiswa Wanner, Panashe Chigumadzi and Abubakar Adam Ibrahim will be in discussions about their work in Abuja and Johannesburg today. It’s a Super Thursday as far as we are concerned as some of the more well regarded names in the African literature are concerned talk about their work in unrelated events in two African cities.…

  • Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire interviews African authors on This is Africa

    Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire interviews African authors on This is Africa

    Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire will be familiar to readers of this blog as one of the driving forces behind the Writivism initiative. The Writivism initiative aims at mentoring the next generation of writers in conjunction with the current writers on the continent. Bwesigye will be hosting a series of interviews of nine African authors that will…